Solitude is fine but you need someone to tellyou that solitude is fine.
-Honoré De Balzac
Quotations
Loneliness
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"
Loneliness adds beauty to life. It puts a special burn on sunsets and makes night air smell better.
-Henry Rollins
I love to be alone. I never found the companion that was so companionable as solitude.
-Henry David Thoreau
If one's different, one's bound to be lonely.
-Aldous Huxley
"Brave New World"
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"
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"
Nobody can discover the world for somebody else. Only when we discover it for ourselves does it become common ground and a common bond and we cease to be alone.
-Wendell Berry
"A Place on Earth"
Two possibilities exist: either we are alone in the Universe or we are not. Both are equally terrifying.
-Arthur C. Clarke
