Loneliness is the poverty of self; solitude is richness of self.
-May Sarton
Quotations
Loneliness
Even the company of the mad was better than the company of the dead.
-Stephen King
"The Stand"
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"
Though we longed not to be lonely, we also feared the pain it would take us to be brought out of our lonely states. And after that fear, could we be guaranteed that we would never be returned to a state of loneliness again? We could not.
-Edward Carey
"Observatory Mansions"
Loneliness is the standard that separates life from death.
-Sorin Cerin
"Wisdom Collection: The Book of Wisdom"
I love to be alone. I never found the companion that was so companionable as solitude.
-Henry David Thoreau
Solitude is where one discovers one is not alone.
-Marty Rubin
Maybe ever’body in the whole damn world is scared of each other.
-John Steinbeck
"Of Mice and Men"
Loneliness is the unloneliest feeling in the world, as everyone has experienced it.
-Jarod Kintz
"This Book is Not for Sale"
If you are afraid of being lonely, don't try to be right.
-Jules Renard
