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"
Quotations
Loneliness
Man’s loneliness is but his fear of life.
-Eugene O'Neill
We have all known the long loneliness and we have learned that the only solution is love and that love comes with community.
-Dorothy Day
"The Long Loneliness: The Autobiography of the Legendary Catholic Social Activist"
I have no privacy. But I feel so alone.
-Susan Beth Pfeffer
"Life As We Knew It"
All great and precious things are lonely.
-John Steinbeck
"East of Eden"
Even if you are alone you wage war with yourself.
-Dejan Stojanović
If you're lonely when you're alone, you're in bad company.
-Jean Paul Sartre
It is strange to be known so universally and yet to be so lonely.
-Albert Einstein
