The loneliest moment in someone’s life is when they are watching their whole world fall apart, and all they can do is stare blankly.
-F. Scott Fitzgerald
"The Great Gatsby"
Quotations
Loneliness
Loneliness and the feeling of being unwanted is the most terrible poverty.
-Mother Teresa
Even if you are alone you wage war with yourself.
-Dejan Stojanović
It's weird to feel like you miss someone you're not even sure you know.
-David Foster Wallace
"Infinite Jest"
My sleep wasn't peaceful, though. I have the sense of emerging from a world of dark, haunted places where I traveled alone.
-Suzanne Collins
"Mockingjay"
It would be too easy to say that I feel invisible. Instead, I feel painfully visible, and entirely ignored.
-David Levithan
"Every Day"
Over time, loneliness gets inside you and doesn't go away.
-Carlos Ruiz Zafón
"The Angel's Game"
What is the difference in being alone with another and being alone by one's self?
-Henrik Ibsen
All I ever wanted was to reach out and touch another human being not just with my hands but with my heart.
-Tahereh Mafi
"Shatter Me"
Thirsty for attention is a cry of loneliness.
-Toba Beta
"My Ancestor Was an Ancient Astronaut"
