I'll never forget how the depression and loneliness felt good and bad at the same time. Still does.
-Henry Rollins
"The Portable Henry Rollins"
Quotations
Loneliness
When we cannot bear to be alone, it means we do not properly value the only companion we will have from birth to death - ourselves.
-Eda LeShan
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"
Loneliness is the poverty of self; solitude is richness of self.
-May Sarton
All great and precious things are lonely.
-John Steinbeck
"East of Eden"
I need the pain of loneliness to make my imagination work.
-Orhan Pamuk
Over time, loneliness gets inside you and doesn't go away.
-Carlos Ruiz Zafón
"The Angel's Game"
What is the difference in being alone with another and being alone by one's self?
-Henrik Ibsen
