Nobody can discover the world for somebody else. Only when we discover it for ourselves does it become common ground and a common bond and we cease to be alone.
-Wendell Berry
"A Place on Earth"
Quotations
Loneliness
When so many are lonely as seem to be lonely, it would be inexcusably selfish to be lonely alone.
-Tennessee Williams
"Camino Real"
Man’s loneliness is but his fear of life.
-Eugene O'Neill
Loneliness is the unloneliest feeling in the world, as everyone has experienced it.
-Jarod Kintz
"This Book is Not for Sale"
If you smile when you are alone, then you really mean it.
-Andy Rooney
I felt very lonely when they were all there.
-Ernest Hemingway
"A Farewell to Arms"
Because, once alone, it is impossible to believe that one could ever have been otherwise. Loneliness is an absolute discovery.
-Marilynne Robinson
"Housekeeping"
All great and precious things are lonely.
-John Steinbeck
"East of Eden"
It's weird to feel like you miss someone you're not even sure you know.
-David Foster Wallace
"Infinite Jest"
To be alone is to be different, to be different is to be alone.
-Suzanne Gordon
