Loneliness is the poverty of self; solitude is richness of self.
-May Sarton
Quotations
Loneliness
When we are most alone is when we embrace another's loneliness.
-Mitch Albom
"The Time Keeper"
Even the company of the mad was better than the company of the dead.
-Stephen King
"The Stand"
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"
What loneliness is more lonely than distrust?
-George Eliot
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"
Loneliness isn’t a lack of people. It is a lack of understanding and acceptance.
-Bronnie Ware
I felt very lonely when they were all there.
-Ernest Hemingway
"A Farewell to Arms"
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"
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"
