“The most terrible poverty is loneliness, and the feeling of being unloved.”
— Mother Teresa“I don’t know what’s worse: to not know what you are and be happy, or to become what you’ve always wanted to be, and feel alone.”
— Daniel Keyes“We live as we dream--alone....”
— Joseph Conrad“When we are most alone is when we embrace another's loneliness.”
— Mitch Albom“For those who know the value of and exquisite taste of solitary freedom (for one is only free when alone), the act of leaving is the bravest and most beautiful of all.”
— Isabelle Eberhardt“All I ever wanted was to reach out and touch another human being not just with my hands but with my heart.”
— Tahereh Mafi“Remember: the time you feel lonely is the time you most need to be by yourself. Life's cruelest irony.”
— Douglas Coupland“Nobody likes being alone that much. I don't go out of my way to make friends, that's all. It just leads to disappointment. ”
— Haruki Murakami“He could only consider me as the living corpse of a would-be suicide, a person dead to shame, an idiot ghost.”
— Osamu Dazai“There's a sorrow and pain in everyone's life, but every now and then there's a ray of light that melts the loneliness in your heart and brings comfort like hot soup and a soft bed.”
— Hubert Selby Jr.“Often it feels like I am breathing today only because a few years back I had no idea which nerve to cut...”
— Sanhita Baruah“Man cries, his tears dry up and run out. So he becomes a devil, reduced to a monster.”
— Kouta Hirano“there's no clarity.there was never meant to be clarity.”
— Charles Bukowski“On this road there are no godspoke men. They are gone and I am left and they have taken with them the world.”
— Cormac McCarthy“To be alone is to be different, to be different is to be alone.”
— Suzanne Gordon“Sometimes the sound of silence is the most deafening sound of all.”
— K.L. Toth“A lonely day is God's way of saying that he wants to spend some quality time with you.”
— Criss Jami“The soul hardly ever realizes it, but whether he is a believer or not, his loneliness is really a homesickness for God.”
— Hubert Van Zeller“Life is too short to be anything but happy. So kiss slowly. Love deeply. Forgive quickly. Take chances and never have regrets. Forget the past but remember what it taught you.”
— Abhishek Shukla“People would rather live in a community with unreasonable claims, than face loneliness with their truth”
— Bangambiki Habyarimana“When you are lonely for a while don't get restless, if you had born alone, you are going to die alone then for sometime you can certainly live alone.”
— Amit Kalantri“If it's true what is said, that only the wise discover the wise, then it must also be true that the lone wolf symbolizes either the biggest fool on the planet or the biggest Einstein on the planet.”
— Criss Jami“I often stood in front of the mirror alone, wondering how ugly a person could get.”
— Charles Bukowski“The most beautiful part of your bodyis where it’s headed. & remember,loneliness is still time spentwith the world.”
— Ocean Vuong“Here we go mother on the shipless ocean.Pity us, pity the ocean, here we go.”
— Anne Carson“Eagle's flight of loneliness soars so high Around its sigh, no more alone the sky Other birds remain away, clouds pass byBetween shrouds of life and haze sun rays die”
— Munia KhanA day without a friend is like a pot without a single drop of honey left inside.
— A.A. MilneIf you’re afraid of loneliness, don’t get married.
— Alan BennettFear is a friend of mine. It’s the only one who has always been there.
— Alessandra TorreIt's funny how you can feel so alone in a crowded room.
— Rachel HawkinsMan is a lonely soul, helpless against the vastness of the universe.
— George SterlingIf you are lonely when you’re alone, you are in bad company.
— Jean-Paul SartreI was a lonely, frightened kid, but I had poetry.
— Jim CarrollNo one knows me. Not anymore.
— Zoë MarriottSometimes the lies you tell are less frightening than the loneliness you might feel if you stopped telling them.
— Brock ClarkeLoneliness isn't being alone, it's being with the wrong person.
— Bernhard SchlinkLoneliness is the human condition. No one is ever going to fill that space. The best you can do is know yourself... know what you want.
— Janet FitchEvery human being on this planet has had moments when they have felt lonely, lost, or overwhelmed.
— Bill WilsonLoneliness can be a place of great clarity and a time for personal growth.
— Banana YoshimotoA big part of depression is feeling really lonely, even if you’re in a room full of a million people.
— Lilly SinghThe greatest pain is not to be unloved, but to be unnoticed in a room full of people.
— UnknownLoneliness adds beauty to life. It puts a special burn on sunsets and makes night air smell better.
— Henry RollinsThe most terrifying thing is to accept oneself completely and still feel unwanted.
— Carl JungSometimes, the person who tries to keep everyone happy is the loneliest of all.
— UnknownThe sky above and the earth below are vast, yet nothing feels as endless as the emptiness within.
— UnknownThe worst kind of loneliness is forgetting who you are while trying to fit in.
— Unknown