Lonely Quotes
2232 quotes by 1558 authors
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No one would choose a friendless existence on condition of having all the other things in the world.
— Aristotle
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What a lonely species we are, searching for signals of life from other galaxies, adopting companion animals, visiting parks and zoos to commune with other…
— Diane Ackerman
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I gave up on new poetry myself 30 years ago when most of it began to read like coded messages passing between lonely aliens in…
— Russell Baker
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Humanity is a failed experiment, but I think I'm God and I'd like to start over. I don't want to die, I just want everyone…
— Roseanne Barr
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There's a tremendous difference between alone and lonely. You could be lonely in a group of people. I like being alone. I like eating by…
— Drew Barrymore
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To the solemn graves, near a lonely cemetery, my heart like a muffled drum is beating funeral marches.
— Charles Baudelaire
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Absolutely lonely people have few personal interactions of any kind.
— Martha Beck
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Whether you've seen angels floating around your bedroom or just found a ray of hope at a lonely moment, choosing to believe that something unseen…
— Martha Beck
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At times in my life, I have been utterly lonely. At other times, I've had disgusting infectious diseases. Try admitting these things in our culture.
— Martha Beck
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Unless we love and are loved, each of us is alone, each of us is deeply lonely.
— Mortimer Adler
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Booksellers are the most valuable destination for the lonely, given the numbers of books that were written because authors couldn't find anyone to talk to.
— Alain de Botton
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What I do is I write mainly about very personal and rather lonely feelings, and I explore them in a different way each time. You…
— David Bowie
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I started to do stop-motion when I was a kid. You take a Super 8 and make some models, and move, click, move, click. All…
— Tim Burton
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Boxing is the toughest and loneliest sport in the world. You've got all the fans, lots of hangers-on jumping up and shouting different words. But…
— Frank Bruno
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At the beginning and at the end of love, the two lovers are embarrassed to find themselves alone.
— Jean de la Bruyere
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What white woman, however lonely, was ever captive or insulted by me? Yet they say I am a bad Indian.
— Sitting Bull
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He who believes is strong; he who doubts is weak. Strong convictions precede great actions.
— Louisa May Alcott
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I believe that you control your destiny, that you can be what you want to be. You can also stop and say, 'No, I won't…
— Leo Buscaglia
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Cycling can be lonely, but in a good way.
— David Byrne
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There is pleasure in the pathless woods, there is rapture in the lonely shore, there is society where none intrudes, by the deep sea, and…
— Lord Byron
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