Lonely Quotes

2232 Lonely quotes by 1437 unique authors

Our species is the only creative species, and it has only one creative instrument, the individual mind and spirit of man. Nothing was ever created… — John Steinbeck
There never can be a man so lost as one who is lost in the vast and intricate corridors of his own lonely mind, where… — Isaac Asimov
Tell him solitude is creative if he is strong and the final decisions are made in silent rooms. Tell him to be different from other… — Carl Sandburg
there are two types of people in the world: those who prefer to be sad among others, and those who prefer to be sad alone. — Nicole Krauss
I preferred to set off and perish in search of my own kind than to live a lonely half-life of physical comfort and spiritual death… — Yann Martel
There might be some hours of loneliness. But there was something wonderful even in loneliness. At least you belonged to yourself when you were lonely. — Lucy Maud Montgomery
Dena had always been a loner. She did not feel connected to anything. Or anybody. She felt as if everybody else had come into the… — Fannie Flagg
When I get lonely these days, I think: So BE lonely, Liz. Learn your way around loneliness. Make a map of it. Sit with it,… — Elizabeth Gilbert
If I were a first rate writer, I wouldn't mind a bit. What does depress me is this: it is so desperately hard and so… — Martha Gellhorn
[I]n the American soul there is a lonely individual standing in a vast landscape. He is either on a horse or driving a car, depending,… — Don DeLillo
He looked so lost, so soulful, so lonely. I wanted him to kiss me now. I wanted to let him know I was his for… — Ellen Schreiber
To know you will be lonely is not the same as being lonely. — Peter Carey
Coming home from very lonely places, all of us go a little mad: whether from great personal success, or just an all-night drive, we are… — John le Carre
If only, if only," the woodpecker sighs, "The bark on the tree was as soft as the skies." While the wolf waits below, hungry and… — Louis Sachar
She would buy magic every day of the week. Love me, that face said. I'm so lonely, so desperate. I'll give you whatever you want. — Janet Fitch
I called my mother immediately to inform her that she was a bad parent. "I can't believe you let us watch this. We ate dinner… — Sloane Crosley
Flies die in so many lonely places. -Roberta Rohbeson — Lynda Barry
You stayed around your children as long as you could, inhaling the ambient gold shavings of their childhood, and at the last minute you tried… — Meg Wolitzer
That’s love: Two lonely persons keep each other safe and touch each other and talk to each other. — Rainer Maria Rilke
To be lonely is to feel unwanted and unloved, and therefor unloveable. Loneliness is a taste of death. No wonder some people who are desperately… — Jean Vanier
I didn't think I was in a morbid mood, but it appears I am. My mind goes round and round trying to figure things out,… — Jonathan Ames
Why do people have to be this lonely? What's the point of it all? Millions of people in this world, all of them yearning, looking… — Haruki Murakami
There is the solitude of suffering, when you go through darkness that is lonely, intense, and terrible. Words become powerless to express your pain; what… — John O'Donohue
There's a big difference between being alone and being lonely. And I'm guessing that once you've discovered this distinction you can't go back to solitary… — Tiffanie DeBartolo
I think we look for the differences in people because it makes us less lonely. — Carson McCullers

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