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"
Quotations
Loneliness
I love to be alone. I never found the companion that was so companionable as solitude.
-Henry David Thoreau
Two possibilities exist: either we are alone in the Universe or we are not. Both are equally terrifying.
-Arthur C. Clarke
All great and precious things are lonely.
-John Steinbeck
"East of Eden"
Life is full of misery, loneliness, and suffering - and it's all over much too soon.
-Woody Allen
Even the company of the mad was better than the company of the dead.
-Stephen King
"The Stand"
Over time, loneliness gets inside you and doesn't go away.
-Carlos Ruiz Zafón
"The Angel's Game"
Novelty is a new kind of loneliness.
-Wendell Berry
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
What is the difference in being alone with another and being alone by one's self?
-Henrik Ibsen
