Be good and you will be lonesome.
-Mark Twain
"Following the Equator: A Journey Around the World"
Quotations
Loneliness
Because, once alone, it is impossible to believe that one could ever have been otherwise. Loneliness is an absolute discovery.
-Marilynne Robinson
"Housekeeping"
Loneliness is not a result of physical isolation; you're only lonely the day you realize that nobody shares your opinions.
-Sabah Carrim
"Humeirah"
I need the pain of loneliness to make my imagination work.
-Orhan Pamuk
I am lonely, sometimes, but I dare say it's good for me.
-Louisa May Alcott
"Little Women"
If you are afraid of being lonely, don't try to be right.
-Jules Renard
You cannot be lonely if you like the person you’re alone with.
-Wayne W. Dyer
There is the solitude of suffering, when you go through darkness that is lonely, intense, and terrible. Words become powerless to express your pain; what others hear from your words is so distant and different from what you are actually suffering.
- John O'donohue
"Anam Cara: A Book of Celtic Wisdom"
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"
Life is full of misery, loneliness, and suffering - and it's all over much too soon.
-Woody Allen
