I felt very lonely when they were all there.
-Ernest Hemingway
"A Farewell to Arms"
Quotations
Loneliness
It is strange to be known so universally and yet to be so lonely.
-Albert Einstein
Even if you are alone you wage war with yourself.
-Dejan Stojanović
Thirsty for attention is a cry of loneliness.
-Toba Beta
"My Ancestor Was an Ancient Astronaut"
The trouble is not that I am single and likely to stay single, but that I am lonely and likely to stay lonely.
-Charlotte Brontë
Loneliness is the poverty of self; solitude is richness of self.
-May Sarton
Over time, loneliness gets inside you and doesn't go away.
-Carlos Ruiz Zafón
"The Angel's Game"
Nobody can discover the world for somebody else. Only when we discover it for ourselves does it become common ground and a common bond and we cease to be alone.
-Wendell Berry
"A Place on Earth"
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"
When we are most alone is when we embrace another's loneliness.
-Mitch Albom
"The Time Keeper"
