I need the pain of loneliness to make my imagination work.
-Orhan Pamuk
Quotations
Loneliness
Companionship is a foreign concept to some people. They fear it as much as the majority of people fear loneliness.
-Criss Jami
Being alone never felt right. Sometimes it felt good, but it never felt right.
-Charles Bukowski
"Women"
I felt very lonely when they were all there.
-Ernest Hemingway
"A Farewell to Arms"
Language... has created the word loneliness to express the pain of being alone. And it has created the word solitude to express the glory of being alone.
-Paul Johannes Tillich
"The Eternal Now"
Maybe ever’body in the whole damn world is scared of each other.
-John Steinbeck
"Of Mice and Men"
Thirsty for attention is a cry of loneliness.
-Toba Beta
"My Ancestor Was an Ancient Astronaut"
A lonely day is God's way of saying that he wants to spend some quality time with you.
-Criss Jami
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"
Only on the Internet can a person be lonely and popular at the same time.
-Allison Burnett
"Undiscovered Gyrl"
