Loneliness is the poverty of self; solitude is richness of self.
-May Sarton
Quotations
Loneliness
All great and precious things are lonely.
-John Steinbeck
"East of Eden"
Over time, loneliness gets inside you and doesn't go away.
-Carlos Ruiz Zafón
"The Angel's Game"
Lonely was much better than alone.
-Toni Morrison
"The Bluest Eye"
It is strange to be known so universally and yet to be so lonely.
-Albert Einstein
I am lonely, sometimes, but I dare say it's good for me.
-Louisa May Alcott
"Little Women"
Even if you are alone you wage war with yourself.
-Dejan Stojanović
Loneliness isn’t a lack of people. It is a lack of understanding and acceptance.
-Bronnie Ware
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"
