Because, once alone, it is impossible to believe that one could ever have been otherwise. Loneliness is an absolute discovery.
-Marilynne Robinson
"Housekeeping"
Quotations
Loneliness
I love to be alone. I never found the companion that was so companionable as solitude.
-Henry David Thoreau
I need the pain of loneliness to make my imagination work.
-Orhan Pamuk
As far as I knew white women were never lonely, except in books. White men adored them, Black men desired them and Black women worked for them.
-Maya Angelou
I felt very lonely when they were all there.
-Ernest Hemingway
"A Farewell to Arms"
Loneliness is not a result of physical isolation; you're only lonely the day you realize that nobody shares your opinions.
-Sabah Carrim
"Humeirah"
It's weird to feel like you miss someone you're not even sure you know.
-David Foster Wallace
"Infinite Jest"
Don’t try to hog loneliness and keep it all to yourself. Share it with a special someone.
-Jarod Kintz
"The Titanic would never have sunk if it were made out of a sink"
Loneliness isn’t a lack of people. It is a lack of understanding and acceptance.
-Bronnie Ware
Companionship is a foreign concept to some people. They fear it as much as the majority of people fear loneliness.
-Criss Jami
