I am lonely, sometimes, but I dare say it's good for me.
-Louisa May Alcott
"Little Women"
Quotations
Loneliness
Two possibilities exist: either we are alone in the Universe or we are not. Both are equally terrifying.
-Arthur C. Clarke
What is the difference in being alone with another and being alone by one's self?
-Henrik Ibsen
The loneliest moment in someone’s life is when they are watching their whole world fall apart, and all they can do is stare blankly.
-F. Scott Fitzgerald
"The Great Gatsby"
Learning from other people's mistakes is better than making your own. And it is easier to live lonely than to have a broken heart.
-Aria Adams
"Reminiscence"
Being alone never felt right. Sometimes it felt good, but it never felt right.
-Charles Bukowski
"Women"
Language... has created the word loneliness to express the pain of being alone. And it has created the word solitude to express the glory of being alone.
-Paul Johannes Tillich
"The Eternal Now"
Booksellers are the most valuable destination for the lonely, given the numbers of books written because authors couldn't find anyone to talk to.
-Alain De Botton
"The Consolations of Philosophy"
If you're lonely when you're alone, you're in bad company.
-Jean Paul Sartre
Maybe ever’body in the whole damn world is scared of each other.
-John Steinbeck
"Of Mice and Men"
