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"
Quotations
Loneliness
Lonely was much better than alone.
-Toni Morrison
"The Bluest Eye"
The worst part of holding the memories is not the pain. It's the loneliness of it. Memories need to be shared.
-Lois Lowry
"The Giver"
If you smile when you are alone, then you really mean it.
-Andy Rooney
Two possibilities exist: either we are alone in the Universe or we are not. Both are equally terrifying.
-Arthur C. Clarke
It is strange to be known so universally and yet to be so lonely.
-Albert Einstein
The loneliest moment in someone’s life is when they are watching their whole world fall apart, and all they can do is stare blankly.
-F. Scott Fitzgerald
"The Great Gatsby"
I am lonely, sometimes, but I dare say it's good for me.
-Louisa May Alcott
"Little Women"
Even if you are alone you wage war with yourself.
-Dejan Stojanović
Man’s loneliness is but his fear of life.
-Eugene O'Neill
