Abraham Quote by Carl Sandburg

Everybody has something that chews them up and, for me, that thing was always loneliness. The cinema has the power to make you not…

— Tom Hanks

Lonely children often have imaginary playmates but I was never lonely; rather, I was solitary, and wanted no company at all other than books…

— Gore Vidal

What was the point in such loneliness among people. At least if you were by yourself, you had a good reason to be lonely.

— Janet Fitch

“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

I was always a lonely person when I was with everyone.

— Ernest Hemingway

How is it that some celebrities, whom the average person would believe to have all the popularity a human being could want, still admit…

— Criss Jami

I don't remember ever feeling lonely; in fact, on the rare occasions when I met other children I found their games and their talk…

— Alberto Manguel

But I also think all of the great stories in literature deal with loneliness. Sometimes it's by way of heartbreak, sometimes it's by way…

— Tom Hanks

for many people, loneliness was an experience of time. 'Not knowing what to do with yourself' was the way it was usually put.

— Louise Bernikow

The one thing I’d learned was that having someone with you all the time did not take away the loneliness. You could be surrounded…

— Abbi Glines

When I was younger, loneliness was really scary - it felt like an absence - and now I feel human beings are incredibly connected…

— Fred Hechinger

“...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