Life is full of misery, loneliness, and suffering - and it's all over much too soon.
-Woody Allen
Quotations
Loneliness
The tragedy of this world is that everyone is alone. For a life in the past cannot be shared with the present.
-Alan Lightman
"Einstein's Dreams"
If you smile when you are alone, then you really mean it.
-Andy Rooney
We live as we dream--Alone.
-Joseph Conrad
"Heart of Darkness"
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"
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"
I need the pain of loneliness to make my imagination work.
-Orhan Pamuk
Sometimes being surrounded by everyone is the loneliest, because you'll realise you have no one to turn to.
-Soraya
I love to be alone. I never found the companion that was so companionable as solitude.
-Henry David Thoreau
Thirsty for attention is a cry of loneliness.
-Toba Beta
"My Ancestor Was an Ancient Astronaut"
