Thirsty for attention is a cry of loneliness.
-Toba Beta
"My Ancestor Was an Ancient Astronaut"
Quotations
Loneliness
Loneliness is the prison of the human spirit. When we are lonely, we pace back and forth in small, shut-in worlds.
-John Powell
"Will the Real Me Please Stand Up?: 25 Guidelines for Good Communication"
A lonely day is God's way of saying that he wants to spend some quality time with you.
-Criss Jami
If you're lonely when you're alone, you're in bad company.
-Jean Paul Sartre
Associate yourself with people of good quality, for it is better to be alone than to be in bad company.
-Booker T. Washington
I love to be alone. I never found the companion that was so companionable as solitude.
-Henry David Thoreau
Solitude is where one discovers one is not alone.
-Marty Rubin
As far as I knew white women were never lonely, except in books. White men adored them, Black men desired them and Black women worked for them.
-Maya Angelou
Booksellers are the most valuable destination for the lonely, given the numbers of books written because authors couldn't find anyone to talk to.
-Alain De Botton
"The Consolations of Philosophy"
If you smile when you are alone, then you really mean it.
-Andy Rooney
