Quotes about loneliness
loneliness writing hazards
Writing is a solitary occupation, and one of its hazards is loneliness. But an advantage of loneliness is privacy, autonomy and freedom. Joyce Carol Oates
loneliness realizing hungry
Loneliness is like starvation: you don't realize how hungry you are until you begin to eat.
loneliness solitude conundrums
Ursula craved solitude but she hated loneliness, a conundrum that she couldn’t even begin to solve. Kate Atkinson
loneliness leave-me-alone leaving-me
This loneliness won't leave me alone. Otis Redding
loneliness eye dark
Sylvia's dark eyes widened. "You are more than you appear to be" "Yes. I am a monster of Darkness, a beast," he agreed with her. Her lips tilted up. "Can a beast weep in sorrow? Does darkness have the capacity to feel loneliness? I think not. P. C. Cast
loneliness lucky world
We walk alone through this world, but if we're lucky, we have a moment of belonging to something, to someone, that sustains us through a lifetime of loneliness. Paullina Simons
loneliness women solitude
God created man and, finding him not sufficiently alone, gave him a companion to make him feel his solitude more keenly. Paul Valery
loneliness orderliness fields
When loneliness comes stalking, go into the fields, consider the orderliness of the world. Mary Oliver
loneliness fall sick
At this time of crisis we cannot be concerned solely with ourselves, withdrawing into loneliness, discouragement and a sense of powerlessness in the face of problems. Please do not withdraw into yourselves! This is a danger: we shut ourselves up in the parish, with our friends, within the movement, with the like-minded... but do you know what happens? When the Church becomes closed, she becomes an ailing Church, she falls ill! That is a danger. . . .A Church closed in on herself is the same, a sick Church. Pope Francis
loneliness love-you two
I must conquer my loneliness alone. I must be happy with myself or I have nothing to offer you. Two halves have little choice but to join; and yes, they do make a whole. But two wholes when they coincide... that is beauty. That is love.... Peter McWilliams
loneliness darkness tears
We are called to love even in the loneliness, worship even in the tears and follow even in the darkness. Pete Wilson
loneliness anxiety doubt
You were my hope during my days of loneliness, my anxiety during moments of doubt, my certainty during moments of faith. Paulo Coelho
loneliness stronger trying
I've noticed that loneliness gets stronger when we try to face it down, but gets weaker when we simply ignore it.
loneliness selfishness torture
And because of our selfishness, we will be condemned to the worst torture humankind ever invented for itself: loneliness.
loneliness lying sky
And if I'm alone in bed, I will go to the window, look up at the sky, and feel certain that loneliness is a lie, because the Universe is there to keep me company.
loneliness purpose purpose-of-life
Loneliness, when accepted, becomes a gift that will lead us to find a purpose in life.
loneliness years two
Human beings can withstand a week without water, two weeks without food, many years of homelessness, but not loneliness. It is the worst of all tortures, the worst of all sufferings.
loneliness feelings poverty
Loneliness and the feeling that you're no use to anyone - the worst kind of poverty. Mother Teresa
loneliness disease worst
Of all the diseases I have known, loneliness is the worst.
loneliness leprosy world
Loneliness is the leprosy of the modern world.
loneliness earth realizing
The vast loneliness is awe-inspiring and it makes you realize just what you have back there on Earth. Jim Lovell
loneliness moon oasis
Well, Frank, my thoughts are very similar. The vast loneliness up here at the moon is awe-inspiring, and it makes you realize what you have back there on earth. The earth from here is a grand oasis in the big vastness of space.
loneliness sleep dark
But he [Depression] just gives me that dark smile, settles into my favorite chair, puts his feet on my table and lights a cigar, filling the place with his awful smoke. Loneliness watches and sighs, then climbs into my bed and pulls the covers over himself, fully dressed, shoes and all. He's going to make me sleep with him again tonight, I just know it. Elizabeth Gilbert
loneliness being-single single-life
But never again use another person's body or emotions as a scratching post for your own unfulfilling yearnings.
loneliness stronger eat-love-pray
I am stronger than depression and I am braver than loneliness and nothing will ever exhaust me.
loneliness being-single single-life
Learn your way around loneliness. Make a map of it. Sit with it, for once in your life. Welcome to the human experience.
loneliness mean people
It would be really wonderful if people connected to the loneliness of what it means to be a human being in the world today. Elisabeth Shue
loneliness sea fishing
Fly-fishing is a magic way to recapture the rapture of solitude without the pangs of loneliness. John D. Voelker
loneliness craziness celebrate
Celebrate your humanness, celebrate your craziness, celebrate your inadequacies, celebrate your loneliness ... but celebrate YOU! Leo Buscaglia
loneliness lying men
Man has no choice but to love. For when he does not, he finds his alternatives lie in loneliness, destruction and despair.
loneliness solitude known
To have passed through life and never experienced solitude is to have never known oneself. To have never known oneself is to have never known anyone. Joseph Wood Krutch
loneliness suffering problem
The problem with the loneliness I suffer is that the company of others has never been a cure for it. Joseph Heller
loneliness hunger-for-love hunger-and-poverty
The poverty in the West is a different kind of poverty—it is not only a poverty of loneliness but also of spirituality. There’s a hunger for love, as there is a hunger for God.