Because, once alone, it is impossible to believe that one could ever have been otherwise. Loneliness is an absolute discovery.
-Marilynne Robinson
"Housekeeping"
Quotations
Loneliness
The worst part of holding the memories is not the pain. It's the loneliness of it. Memories need to be shared.
-Lois Lowry
"The Giver"
Life is full of misery, loneliness, and suffering - and it's all over much too soon.
-Woody Allen
If one's different, one's bound to be lonely.
-Aldous Huxley
"Brave New World"
All great and precious things are lonely.
-John Steinbeck
"East of Eden"
I have no privacy. But I feel so alone.
-Susan Beth Pfeffer
"Life As We Knew It"
Some people are just not meant to be in this world. It's just too much for them.
-Phoebe Steon
"The Boy on Cinnamon Street"
Loneliness is the unloneliest feeling in the world, as everyone has experienced it.
-Jarod Kintz
"This Book is Not for Sale"
As far as I knew white women were never lonely, except in books. White men adored them, Black men desired them and Black women worked for them.
-Maya Angelou
Even if you are alone you wage war with yourself.
-Dejan Stojanović
