Lonely Quotes

2232 Lonely quotes by 1437 unique authors

Photography is a very lonely medium. There’s a kind of beautiful loneliness in voyeurism. And that’s why I’m a photographer. — Alec Soth
We are social beings who make communities with an urgency, and it is a stern charge to make us take refuge in the lonely world… — Vijay Prashad
Unity is a spiritual quality. It's the sweet feelings of peace and purpose that come from belonging to a family. ... It's wanting the best… — Mary N. Cook
When I was younger, many of my romantic escapades were just a means of simply avoiding being by myself. I was afraid of feeling lonely,… — Michael Zaslow
Baseball is a team game but, at the same time, it's a very lonely game: unlike in soccer or basketball, where players roam around, in… — Chad Harbach
If you are lonely, please know you can find comfort. If you are discouraged, please know you can find hope. If you are poor in… — Jeffrey R. Holland
Brothers and sisters, one of the great consolations of this Easter season is that because Jesus walked such a long, lonely path utterly alone, we do not… — Jeffrey R. Holland
Pray for the strength to walk the high road, which at times may be lonely but which will lead to peace and happiness and joy… — Gordon B. Hinckley
Prom night can be a special night, if you let it be. I know you think it's for losers and something that popular kids do… — Eugene Mirman
Trying to be a professional dancer, paying my rent by posing nude for art classes, staring at people staring at me naked. Daring them to… — Madonna Ciccone
Whoever reflects recognizes that there are empty and lonely spaces between one’s experiences. — Jerome Bruner
Sometimes i feel lonely, but it's ok — Tracey Emin
You have to be lonely to be a writer — Edna O'Brien
And God stepped out on space, and He looked around and said: I'm lonely - I'll make me a world. — James Weldon Johnson
The modern idea of a Great Man is one who stands at the lonely extremity of some single line of development-- — C.S. Lewis
Throughout our lives we long to love ourselves more deeply and to feel connected with others. Instead, we often contract, fear intimacy, and suffer a… — Sharon Salzberg
One of my patients told me that when she tried to tell her story people often interrupted her to tell her that they once had… — Rachel Naomi Remen
When you are lonely, writing can keep you company. It is also a form of self-compensation, a way of making up for things—as opposed to… — Geoff Dyer
I've thought about the idea of, 'Can happiness and creativity co-exist?' So much of what I've done, I think, has been based on being dissatisfied… — Conor Oberst
Personally, I'd rather grow old alone than in the company of anyone I've met so far. I don't experience myself as lonely, incomplete, or unfulfilled,… — Sue Grafton
Having always imagined myself in a fairly slim minority, I suddenly saw that I was in a vast company. Difference unites us. While each of… — Andrew Solomon
The way to deeper knowledge of God is through the lonely valleys of soul poverty and abnegation of all things. The blessed ones who possess… — Aiden Wilson Tozer
Once outside the magic circle the writers became their lonely selves, pondering on poems, observing their fellow men ruthlessly, putting people they knew into novels;… — Barbara Pym
I just think that sometimes it is less hard to wake up feeling lonely when you are alone than to wake up feeling lonely when… — Liv Ullmann
Without my airplane I am an ordinary man, and a useless one - a trainer without a horse, a sculptor without marble, a priest without… — Richard Bach

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