Because, once alone, it is impossible to believe that one could ever have been otherwise. Loneliness is an absolute discovery.
-Marilynne Robinson
"Housekeeping"
Quotations
Loneliness
I had gotten so used to being alone, but never entirely used to it. Never used to it enough to stop wanting the alternative.
-David Levithan
"Every You, Every Me"
I felt very lonely when they were all there.
-Ernest Hemingway
"A Farewell to Arms"
You cannot be lonely if you like the person you’re alone with.
-Wayne W. Dyer
Sometimes being surrounded by everyone is the loneliest, because you'll realise you have no one to turn to.
-Soraya
Lonely was much better than alone.
-Toni Morrison
"The Bluest Eye"
I am lonely, sometimes, but I dare say it's good for me.
-Louisa May Alcott
"Little Women"
I love to be alone. I never found the companion that was so companionable as solitude.
-Henry David Thoreau
A lonely day is God's way of saying that he wants to spend some quality time with you.
-Criss Jami
The real loneliness is living among all these kind people who only ask one to pretend!
-Edith Wharton
"The Age of Innocence"
