Quotes about loneliness
loneliness emotional suffering
Poverty is clearly one source of emotional suffering, but there are others, like loneliness. Nassim Nicholas Taleb
loneliness land aspect
Loneliness is an aspect of the land. N. Scott Momaday
loneliness affection absence
Loneliness Is Not The Absence Of Affection, But The Absence Of Direction. Mike Murdock
loneliness insomnia reality
Loneliness, insomnia, and change: the fear of these is even worse than the reality. Mignon McLaughlin
loneliness real self
Loneliness is caused by an alienation from life. It is a loneliness from your real self. Maxwell Maltz
loneliness solitude faces
At any moment solitude may put on the face of loneliness. May Sarton
loneliness vision faces
Any human face is a claim on you, because you can't help but understand the singularity of it, the courage and loneliness of it. But this is truest of the face of an infant. I consider that to be one kind of vision, as mystical as any. Marilynne Robinson
loneliness writing passion
Somebody who had read Lila asked me, ‘Why do you write about the problem of loneliness?’ I said: ‘It’s not a problem. It’s a condition. It’s a passion of a kind. It’s not a problem. I think that people make it a problem by interpreting it that way.’
loneliness believe discovery
Because, once alone, it is impossible to believe that one could ever have been otherwise. Loneliness is an absolute discovery.
loneliness people guilt
That's the strangest thing about this life, about being in the ministry. People change the subject when they see you coming. And then sometimes those very same people come into your study and tell you the most remarkable things. There's a lot under the surface of life, everyone knows that. A lot of malice and dread and guilt, and so much loneliness, where you wouldn't really expect to find it, either.
loneliness reflection appreciate
People don't acknowledge loneliness in themselves, and don't appreciate its benefits, the reflection and attentiveness that come with it, the deepened acquaintance with oneself.
loneliness unhappy facts
The fact that Saigyo composed a poem that begins, "I shall be unhappy without loneliness," shows that he made loneliness his master. Matsuo Basho
loneliness circles littles
Perhaps loneliness had nothing to do with place or circumstance; perhaps it was in you; yourself. Perhaps, wherever you were, you took your little circle of loneliness with you... Mary Stewart
loneliness book men
A book, a book full of human touches, of shirts, a book without loneliness, with men and tools, a book is victory. Pablo Neruda
loneliness heart dimensions
Shyness is a condition foreign to the heart -- a category, a dimension which leads to loneliness.
loneliness fall being-alone
If you are alone you belong entirely to yourself. If you are accompanied by even one companion you belong only half to yourself or even less in proportion to the thoughtlessness of his conduct and if you have more than one companion you will fall more deeply into the same plight. Leonardo da Vinci
loneliness eye joy
Join with those who sing, tell stories, talk pleasure in life, and have joy in their eyes, because joy is contagious, and can prevent others from becoming paralysed by depression, loneliness and difficulties. Paulo Coelho
loneliness comfort enough
to comfort any mortal against loneliness, one other is enough. Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
loneliness giving arms
Don't let loneliness drive you back into the arms of someone who doesn't give a damn about you. Megan Fox
loneliness solitude one-thing
Solitude is one thing and loneliness is another.
loneliness curiosity
Curiosity makes loneliness. Mason Cooley
loneliness views housekeeping
Loneliness is more likely to lead to fussy housekeeping than to grand views of the Universe.
loneliness boredom sometimes
Sometimes I dread loneliness more than bores. Other times, the reverse.
loneliness journey way
Life is a journey one that much better traveled with a companion by our side. Sometimes, we lose our companions along the way and then the journey becomes unbearable. You see, human beings are designed for many things, but loneliness isn't one of them. Mary Alice
loneliness sadness cat
[A cat] will make itself the companion of your hours of work, of loneliness, or of sadness. Theophile Gautier
loneliness soul quality
There is in certain living souls a quality of loneliness unspeakable, so great it must be shared as company is shared by lesser beings. Such a loneliness is mine; so know by this that in immensity there is one lonelier than you. Theodore Sturgeon
loneliness being-alone writing
You write a story about loneliness, and you grab them all because everybody's an expert on that one.
loneliness admiring persons
No person loving or admiring himself is alone. Theodor Reik
loneliness choices world
Yes, I want money more than anything else in the world.” “Then you’ve made the only choice. But there’s a penalty attached, as there is to most things you want. It’s loneliness. Margaret Mitchell
loneliness soul way
For the way loneliness is worse when you return to it after a reprieve—like the soul’s version of putting on a wet bathing suit, clammy and miserable. Laini Taylor
loneliness lying heartache
This, she thought, isn’t just for today. It’s for everything. For the heartache that still felt like a punch in the gut each time it struck, fresh as new, at unpredictable moments; for the smiling lies and the mental images she couldn’t shake; for the shame of having been so naive. For the way loneliness is worse when you return to it after a reprieve—like the soul’s version of putting on a wet bathing suit, clammy and miserable.
loneliness people good-times
I felt the kind of loneliness that can happen in a roomful of people when everyone but you seems to be in on the good time. Lisa Kleypas
loneliness feet forever
When the pace of our feet matched perfectly, I felt a deep inner pang of satisfaction. I could have gone on walking like that forever, side by side with him. There had been few times in my life I had ever inhabited a moment so fully, with no loneliness lurking at the edges.