Loneliness is the poverty of self; solitude is richness of self.
-May Sarton
Quotations
Loneliness
I have no privacy. But I feel so alone.
-Susan Beth Pfeffer
"Life As We Knew It"
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"
Lonely was much better than alone.
-Toni Morrison
"The Bluest Eye"
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"
Because, once alone, it is impossible to believe that one could ever have been otherwise. Loneliness is an absolute discovery.
-Marilynne Robinson
"Housekeeping"
Loneliness isn’t a lack of people. It is a lack of understanding and acceptance.
-Bronnie Ware
People who do a job that claims to be creative have to be alone to recharge their batteries. You can’t live 24 hours a day in the spotlight and remain creative. For people like me, solitude is a victory.
-Karl Lagerfeld
When so many are lonely as seem to be lonely, it would be inexcusably selfish to be lonely alone.
-Tennessee Williams
"Camino Real"
If you are afraid of being lonely, don't try to be right.
-Jules Renard
