Abandonment Quote by Alexandra Katehakis

“The problem with loneliness is that, unlike other forms of human suffering, it teaches us nothing, leads us nowhere, and generally devalues us in…

— Adam Bagdasarian

“Until then I had always thought of loneliness as something negative—an absence of company, and, of course, something temporary... That day I had learned…

— John Wyndham

“...this blessing of loneliness was not really loneliness. Real loneliness was something unendurable. What one wanted when exhausted by the noise and impact of…

— Elizabeth Goudge

“People think loneliness is absence. It isn't. It's a filling up, a rising, spilling tide that crashes into every gully and chasm of your…

— Sheila Turner Johnston

“Loneliness is a source of loathsome ice-cold suffering, the suffering of unreality. At such times we need people to teach us that we're not…

— Peter Handke

“There is no loneliness more profound, in my experience, than being ignored by one's sole companion in life.”

— Rick Yancey

“The crowdedness of family life and the faithfulness of solitude - both brave decisions, or both decisions of cowardice - make little dent, in…

— Yiyun Li

“As for loneliness, it too has deep roots in selfishness, for its anguish stems less from having no one with whom to share one's…

— William Sloane Coffin

“Not loneliness, but solitude. Not suffering, but endurance, the discovery of grim kinship with the rocks and sky. And the finding here of a…

— Diana Gabaldon