Be good and you will be lonesome.
-Mark Twain
"Following the Equator: A Journey Around the World"
Quotations
Loneliness
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"
I am lonely, sometimes, but I dare say it's good for me.
-Louisa May Alcott
"Little Women"
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"
We hear only our own voices, still echoes returning to our emptiness.
-Dejan Stojanović
It is strange to be known so universally and yet to be so lonely.
-Albert Einstein
I felt very lonely when they were all there.
-Ernest Hemingway
"A Farewell to Arms"
Loneliness is the prison of the human spirit. When we are lonely, we pace back and forth in small, shut-in worlds.
-John Powell
"Will the Real Me Please Stand Up?: 25 Guidelines for Good Communication"
