Though we longed not to be lonely, we also feared the pain it would take us to be brought out of our lonely states. And after that fear, could we be guaranteed that we would never be returned to a state of loneliness again? We could not.
-Edward Carey
"Observatory Mansions"
Quotations
Loneliness
Loneliness is the poverty of self; solitude is richness of self.
-May Sarton
You cannot be lonely if you like the person you’re alone with.
-Wayne W. Dyer
Being alone never felt right. Sometimes it felt good, but it never felt right.
-Charles Bukowski
"Women"
A lonely day is God's way of saying that he wants to spend some quality time with you.
-Criss Jami
I love to be alone. I never found the companion that was so companionable as solitude.
-Henry David Thoreau
Maybe ever’body in the whole damn world is scared of each other.
-John Steinbeck
"Of Mice and Men"
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"
