Best Loneliness Wisdom

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Jealousy is a terrible thing. I know all the psychological triggers. The fear of losing control, the fear of loss, the fear of abandonment, neglect… — Michael Robotham
Man is like an island set in isolation in a fathomless sea enveloped by darkness, saying that the loneliness his self knows is so utterly… — Syed Muhammad Naquib al-Attas
There are some of us who in after years say to Fate, 'Now deal us your hardest blow, give us what you will; but let… — Olive Schreiner
Our cities with their swollen populations and cliff dwelling high-rise buildings are breeding places for loneliness. Neighborhoods crumble under the housing development bulldozers and families… — Allan Fromme
Loneliness doesn't have much to do with where you are. — Hugh Hefner
Fiction is one of the few experiences where loneliness can be both confronted and relieved. Drugs, movies where stuff blows up, loud parties - all… — David Foster Wallace
Loneliness is something you can't walk away from. — William Feather
Everyone's alone - or so it seems to me. They make noises, and think they are talking to each other; They make faces, and think… — Thomas Stearns Eliot
Anyone who has no need of anybody but himself is either a beast or a God. — Aristotle
The older generation had greater respect for land than science. But we live in an age when science, more than soil, has become the provider… — Shimon Peres
I had to fight hard against loneliness, abuse, and the knowledge that any mistakes I made would be magnified because I was the only black… — Jackie Robinson
I wait. Now the night flows back, the mighty stillness embraces and includes me; I can see the stars again and the world of starlight. I am… — Edward Abbey
Loneliness is lessened when you're lonely by choice. — George Jones
Rituals are comforting; rituals combat loneliness. — John Irving
We come together only to go apart again. The law of life can't be avoided. The law comes into operation the moment we detach ourselves… — R.K. Narayan
I had known loneliness before, and emptiness upon the moor, but I had never been a NOTHING, a nothing floating on a nothing, known by… — Peter Carey
Men who no longer can make sure of the reality which they feel and experience through talking about it and sharing it with their fellow-men,… — Hannah Arendt
Moon! Moon! I am prone before you. Pity me,and drench me in loneliness. — Amy Lowell
The vast loneliness is awe-inspiring and it makes you realize just what you have back there on Earth. — Jim Lovell
When we begin to look around us, to observe individuals and societies, and to study philosophies and religions, we realize that our loneliness is shared.… — Tariq Ramadan
My inspiration are the woman, friendship, and loneliness. — Enrique Iglesias
"Is it how she moves, or how she looks?" I say it's loneliness suspended to our own like grappling hooks, And as long as she's… — Dar Williams
Most of the world's great souls have been lonely. Loneliness seems to be one price the saint must pay for his saintliness... Always remember: you… — Aiden Wilson Tozer
There is a particular kind of pain, elation, loneliness, and terror involved in this kind of madness. When you're high it's tremendous. The ideas and… — Kay Redfield Jamison
Loneliness is a terrible blindness. — Christina Stead

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