Two possibilities exist: either we are alone in the Universe or we are not. Both are equally terrifying.
-Arthur C. Clarke
Quotations
Loneliness
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"
I love to be alone. I never found the companion that was so companionable as solitude.
-Henry David Thoreau
What is the difference in being alone with another and being alone by one's self?
-Henrik Ibsen
Novelty is a new kind of loneliness.
-Wendell Berry
Associate yourself with people of good quality, for it is better to be alone than to be in bad company.
-Booker T. Washington
Loneliness isn’t a lack of people. It is a lack of understanding and acceptance.
-Bronnie Ware
The real loneliness is living among all these kind people who only ask one to pretend!
-Edith Wharton
"The Age of Innocence"
