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"
Quotations
Loneliness
Two possibilities exist: either we are alone in the Universe or we are not. Both are equally terrifying.
-Arthur C. Clarke
I had gotten so used to being alone, but never entirely used to it. Never used to it enough to stop wanting the alternative.
-David Levithan
"Every You, Every Me"
Solitude is fine but you need someone to tellyou that solitude is fine.
-Honoré De Balzac
When so many are lonely as seem to be lonely, it would be inexcusably selfish to be lonely alone.
-Tennessee Williams
"Camino Real"
ut there are other words for privacy and independence. They are isolation and loneliness.
-Megan Whalen Turner
"The King of Attolia"
What is the difference in being alone with another and being alone by one's self?
-Henrik Ibsen
Even the company of the mad was better than the company of the dead.
-Stephen King
"The Stand"
All great and precious things are lonely.
-John Steinbeck
"East of Eden"
If you smile when you are alone, then you really mean it.
-Andy Rooney
