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Not only is there no question of solitude, but in the long run we may not choose our company. — Elizabeth Bowen
In solitude the lonely man is eaten up by himself, among crowds by the many. — Friedrich Nietzsche
Nothing impresses the mind with a deeper feeling of loneliness than to tread the silent and deserted scene of former throng and pageant. — Washington Irving
How sweet, how passing sweet, is solitude! But grant me still a friend in my retreat, whom I may whisper, solitude is sweet. — William Cowper
While you are alone you are entirely your own master and if you have one companion you are but half your own, and the less… — Leonardo da Vinci
No person loving or admiring himself is alone. — Theodor Reik
Any man who is really a man must learn to be alone in the midst of others, to think alone for others, and, if necessary,… — Romain Rolland
Most of my life I have needed more time to be on my own. — P.D. James
I was trundling around with my inadequacies, and inner pain and loneliness. I yearned, desperately, to be something. I yearned to get out from where… — Anthony Hopkins
Let those who would affect singularity with success first determine to be very virtuous, and they will be sure to be very singular. — Charles Caleb Colton
If from society we learn to live, solitude should teach us how to die. — Lord Byron
There are some solitary wretches who seem to have left the rest of mankind, only, as Eve left Adam, to meet the devil in private. — Alexander Pope
The kind of relatedness to the world may be noble or trivial, but even being related to the basest kind of pattern is immensely preferable… — Erich Fromm
Loneliness is inner emptiness. Solitude is inner fulfillment. — Richard J. Foster
Loneliness comes over us sometimes as a sudden tide. It is one of the terms of our humanness, and, in a sense, therefore, incurable. Yet… — Elisabeth Elliot
Snuggle in God's arms. When you are hurting, when you feel lonely, left out. let Him cradle you, comfort you, reassure you of His all-sufficient… — Kay Arthur
If you feel a great loneliness and a deep longing for human contact, you have to be extremely discerning...and ask yourself whether this situation is… — Henri Nouwen
The capacity for not feeling lonely can carry a very real price, that of feeling nothing at all. — Douglas Coupland
One form of loneliness is to have a memory and no one to share it with. — Phyllis Rose
When people are lonely they stoop to any companionship. — Lew Wallace
We are never the same with others as when we are alone. We are different, even when we are in the dark with them. — Maurice Maeterlinck
My first novel, 'The Tiger's Daughter,' embodies the loneliness I felt but could not acknowledge, even to myself, as I negotiated the no man's land… — Bharati Mukherjee
Vanity, revenge, loneliness, boredom, all apply: lust is one of the least of the reasons for promiscuity. — Mignon McLaughlin
Look for yourself, and you will find in the long run only hatred, loneliness, despair, rage, ruin, and decay. But look for Christ and you… — C.S. Lewis
Often, feelings of sadness, uneasiness, and loneliness are vague and unattached to specific events. This makes it more challenging to find ways to turn you… — G. Alan Marlatt

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