It is strange to be known so universally and yet to be so lonely.
-Albert Einstein
Quotations
Loneliness
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"
Perhaps only people who are capable of real togetherness have that look of being alone in the universe. The others have a certain stickiness, they stick to the mass.
-D. H. Lawrence
"Lady Chatterley's Lover"
Be good and you will be lonesome.
-Mark Twain
"Following the Equator: A Journey Around the World"
If one's different, one's bound to be lonely.
-Aldous Huxley
"Brave New World"
To be alone is to be different, to be different is to be alone.
-Suzanne Gordon
Loneliness and the feeling of being unwanted is the most terrible poverty.
-Mother Teresa
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"
The worst part of holding the memories is not the pain. It's the loneliness of it. Memories need to be shared.
-Lois Lowry
"The Giver"
It's weird to feel like you miss someone you're not even sure you know.
-David Foster Wallace
"Infinite Jest"
