Solitude is fine but you need someone to tellyou that solitude is fine.
-Honoré De Balzac
Quotations
Loneliness
The real loneliness is living among all these kind people who only ask one to pretend!
-Edith Wharton
"The Age of Innocence"
Loneliness is the unloneliest feeling in the world, as everyone has experienced it.
-Jarod Kintz
"This Book is Not for Sale"
It's only natural to feel lonely after the enjoyable moments pass. But as you experience new joys those feelings of sorrow will start to fade.
-Mizu Sahara
Loneliness is the poverty of self; solitude is richness of self.
-May Sarton
Even the company of the mad was better than the company of the dead.
-Stephen King
"The Stand"
I love to be alone. I never found the companion that was so companionable as solitude.
-Henry David Thoreau
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
Lonely was much better than alone.
-Toni Morrison
"The Bluest Eye"
What loneliness is more lonely than distrust?
-George Eliot
