Lonely Quotes

2232 Lonely quotes by 1437 unique authors

There's no such thing as a crowded battlefield. Battlefields are lonely places. — Alfred M. Gray
The brain is full of lonely ideas, begging you to make some sense of them, to recognize them as interesting. The lazy brain just files… — Theodore Zeldin
Writing fiction is a solitary occupation but not really a lonely one. The writer's head is mobbed with characters, images and language, making the creative… — Hilma Wolitzer
To a hikikomori, winter is painful because everything feels cold, frozen over, and lonely. To a hikikomori, spring is also painful because everyone is in… — Tatsuhiko Takimoto
History repeats itself only in that, from afar, we all seem to lead exactly the same life. We are all born; we all spend time… — Edward Bloor
It is proper for people to have friends, friendships without self-interest. Without friends, life is too lonely. — Pramoedya Ananta Toer
I am a believer in punctuality though it makes me very lonely — E. V. Lucas
Loneliness is the prison of the human spirit. When we are lonely, we pace back and forth in small, shut-in worlds. — John Powell
Lonely people keep up a ceaseless flow of commentary on themselves. — Mason Cooley
A lifetime of lonely regret or happiness with some pain along the way. — Unknown Author
Adventure is just a romantic name for trouble. It sounds swell when you write about it, but it's hell when you meet it face to… — Louis L'Amour
In the country, I stopped being a person who, in the words of Sylvia Boorstein, startles easily. I grew calmer, but beneath that calm was… — Dani Shapiro
I'm so lonely I don't even want to be with myself anymore. — Dido Armstrong
I discovered that it was a lonely world being a solo artist. Then I started working with another solo artist, Rod Stewart, and he used… — Andrew Taylor
The more we care for the happiness of others, the greater is our own sense of well-being. — Dalai Lama
Nothing big ever came from being small. — William J. Clinton
One defeats a fanatic precisely by not being a fanatic oneself, but on the contrary by using one's intelligence. — George Orwell
The road had the lonely times, but I kept myself busy. — Buck Owens
The writer works in a lonely way. — Irwin Shaw
Sometimes I get lonely, but it's nice to be alone. — Tatjana Patitz
You can be a little lonely because it's an individual sport. — Guy Forget
Freedom is a lonely battle, but if the United States doesn't lead it - sometimes imperfectly, but mostly with honor - who will? — Cal Thomas
It's a vast, lonely, forbidding expanse of nothing rather like clouds and clouds of pumice stone. And it certainly does not appear to be a… — Frank Borman
Pioneers may be picturesque figures, but they are often rather lonely ones. — Nancy Astor
On the other hand, I mean, that is what writers have always been supposed to do, was to rely on their own devices and to… — Donna Tartt

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