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
Quotations
Loneliness
If one's different, one's bound to be lonely.
-Aldous Huxley
"Brave New World"
Because, once alone, it is impossible to believe that one could ever have been otherwise. Loneliness is an absolute discovery.
-Marilynne Robinson
"Housekeeping"
The loneliness you feel with another person, the wrong person, is the loneliest of all.
-Deb Caletti
"The Fortunes of Indigo Skye"
People who do a job that claims to be creative have to be alone to recharge their batteries. You can’t live 24 hours a day in the spotlight and remain creative. For people like me, solitude is a victory.
-Karl Lagerfeld
I have no privacy. But I feel so alone.
-Susan Beth Pfeffer
"Life As We Knew It"
I am lonely, sometimes, but I dare say it's good for me.
-Louisa May Alcott
"Little Women"
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
Being alone never felt right. Sometimes it felt good, but it never felt right.
-Charles Bukowski
"Women"
