Lonely Quotes

2232 Lonely quotes by 1437 unique authors

It suddenly struck me that Dawsey is a lonesome person. I think it may be that he has always been lonely, but he didn't mind… — Annie Barrows
I don’t smoke, although it looks fantastic in films. But I light matches on those thinking blank nights when I crawl my route out onto… — Daniel Handler
Have you ever been lonely? No, neither have I. Solitary, yes. Alone, certainly. But lonely means minding about being on your own. I've never minded… — Sebastian Faulks
Lonely people tend, rather, to be lonely because they decline to bear the psychic costs of being around other humans. They are allergic to people.… — David Foster Wallace
And we'd look at each other the way you do when you see someone on the street you think you recognize, but not quite. Someone… — Michele Jaffe
We wanderers, ever seeking the lonelier way, begin no day where we have ended another day; and no sunrise finds us where sunset left us. — Khalil Gibran
A pine tree standeth lonely In the North on an upland bare; It standeth whitely shrouded With snow, and sleepeth there. It dreameth of a… — Heinrich Heine
... even though it was beautiful and comfortable, and even though it was the world, it was also a little bit boring. No, wait. Maybe… — Catherine Ryan Hyde
Most of the people are homesick anyway, and a little lonely, and they hide themselves in their hair and are turned into flowers. — Tove Jansson
However, I can’t be happy. I feel I can’t have that experience, I can’t assume I will have that experience. I’m free but feeling lonely… — Natsuki Takaya
Out on the moors, The lonely moors, I roll around in sheep poo. Heathcliff, it's youuuuu, I hate you, I love you tooooo. Let me… — Louise Rennison
I was bored. Sad. Lonely. It was only a matter of time before I cracked. — Sarah Dessen
Though I still turn up my coat-collar in a lonely way and am always looking at myself in mirrors, they’re only habits and give no… — Angela Carter
Maybe he's lonely. Sebastian can't be the greatest company." "We don't know that. He could be absolutely fantastic at Scrabble," said Magnus. — Cassandra Clare
Nobody's bought this land. And no one's going to want it either. It's dying land, lonely land." "Like me, then," I said. "Yes, like you."… — Lucy Christopher
In the center lay the exploded carcass of a lonely sperm whale that hadn't lived long enough to be disappointed with its lot. — Douglas Adams
Lies had deserted me, and I felt as lonely as though they had been my only friends. — Graham Greene
I would always be lonely, but no more alone. — Sonya Hartnett
If we surrendered to earth’s intelligence we could rise up rooted, like trees. Instead we entangle ourselves in knots of our own making and struggle,… — Rainer Maria Rilke
You and I By Henry Alford My hand is lonely for your clasping, dear; My ear is tired waiting for your call. I want your… — Langston Hughes
Hey, Hank, I notice all the women around your place lately ... good looking stuff; you're doing all right." "Sam," I say, "that's not true;… — Charles Bukowski
He was a lonely ghost uttering a truth that nobody would ever hear. — George Orwell
The man who fears to be alone will never be anything but lonely, no matter how much he may surround himself with people. But the… — Thomas Merton
When he talked to you, you seemed to fit in, but when someone else was talking, or he would be distracted, you jsut looked lonely… — David Levithan
Do not feel lonely, the entire universe is inside you. — Rumi

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