All great and precious things are lonely.
-John Steinbeck
"East of Eden"
Quotations
Loneliness
Maybe ever’body in the whole damn world is scared of each other.
-John Steinbeck
"Of Mice and Men"
Some people are just not meant to be in this world. It's just too much for them.
-Phoebe Steon
"The Boy on Cinnamon Street"
I felt very lonely when they were all there.
-Ernest Hemingway
"A Farewell to Arms"
Man’s loneliness is but his fear of life.
-Eugene O'Neill
Don’t try to hog loneliness and keep it all to yourself. Share it with a special someone.
-Jarod Kintz
"The Titanic would never have sunk if it were made out of a sink"
I love to be alone. I never found the companion that was so companionable as solitude.
-Henry David Thoreau
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
Over time, loneliness gets inside you and doesn't go away.
-Carlos Ruiz Zafón
"The Angel's Game"
Even if you are alone you wage war with yourself.
-Dejan Stojanović
