I'll never forget how the depression and loneliness felt good and bad at the same time. Still does.
-Henry Rollins
"The Portable Henry Rollins"
Quotations
Loneliness
When we cannot bear to be alone, it means we do not properly value the only companion we will have from birth to death - ourselves.
-Eda LeShan
If you are afraid of being lonely, don't try to be right.
-Jules Renard
Be good and you will be lonesome.
-Mark Twain
"Following the Equator: A Journey Around the World"
The sun is such a lonely star. Whenever he comes out to see his friends, they all disappear.
-Joseph Gordon Levitt
"The Tiny Book of Tiny Stories: Volume 1"
The tragedy of this world is that everyone is alone. For a life in the past cannot be shared with the present.
-Alan Lightman
"Einstein's Dreams"
Loneliness and the feeling of being unwanted is the most terrible poverty.
-Mother Teresa
There is the solitude of suffering, when you go through darkness that is lonely, intense, and terrible. Words become powerless to express your pain; what others hear from your words is so distant and different from what you are actually suffering.
- John O'donohue
"Anam Cara: A Book of Celtic Wisdom"
We hear only our own voices, still echoes returning to our emptiness.
-Dejan Stojanović
Loneliness isn’t a lack of people. It is a lack of understanding and acceptance.
-Bronnie Ware
