ut there are other words for privacy and independence. They are isolation and loneliness.
-Megan Whalen Turner
"The King of Attolia"
Quotations
Loneliness
Two possibilities exist: either we are alone in the Universe or we are not. Both are equally terrifying.
-Arthur C. Clarke
Don’t try to hog loneliness and keep it all to yourself. Share it with a special someone.
-Jarod Kintz
"The Titanic would never have sunk if it were made out of a sink"
Even if you are alone you wage war with yourself.
-Dejan Stojanović
I am lonely, sometimes, but I dare say it's good for me.
-Louisa May Alcott
"Little Women"
Man’s loneliness is but his fear of life.
-Eugene O'Neill
We have all known the long loneliness and we have learned that the only solution is love and that love comes with community.
-Dorothy Day
"The Long Loneliness: The Autobiography of the Legendary Catholic Social Activist"
I had gotten so used to being alone, but never entirely used to it. Never used to it enough to stop wanting the alternative.
-David Levithan
"Every You, Every Me"
If you are afraid of being lonely, don't try to be right.
-Jules Renard
When we are most alone is when we embrace another's loneliness.
-Mitch Albom
"The Time Keeper"
