Books Quote by Elizabeth Goudge

“Until then I had always thought of loneliness as something negative—an absence of company, and, of course, something temporary... That day I had learned…

— John Wyndham

“Not loneliness, but solitude. Not suffering, but endurance, the discovery of grim kinship with the rocks and sky. And the finding here of a…

— Diana Gabaldon

“When loneliness is a constant state of being, it harkens back to a childhood wherein neglect and abandonment were the landscape of life.”

— Alexandra Katehakis

“The problem with loneliness is that, unlike other forms of human suffering, it teaches us nothing, leads us nowhere, and generally devalues us in…

— Adam Bagdasarian

“Loneliness is a state of feeling that can be changed. People may still feel lonely even among the crowd.”

— Toba Beta

“The loneliness I endured during that time of my life is something I hope never to experience again. It's more than just the feeling…

— Leanne Waters

“Loneliness can drive a person mad. There's a place, in every man's soul, that no friend can reach, only a lover, and he longed…

— Tionne Rogers

“Loneliness is a source of loathsome ice-cold suffering, the suffering of unreality. At such times we need people to teach us that we're not…

— Peter Handke

“People think loneliness is absence. It isn't. It's a filling up, a rising, spilling tide that crashes into every gully and chasm of your…

— Sheila Turner Johnston

“I think there is a difference between aloneness and loneliness. Aloneness is necessary for the soul to thrive - even to come alive. Not…

— Steve Goodier

“As for loneliness, it too has deep roots in selfishness, for its anguish stems less from having no one with whom to share one's…

— William Sloane Coffin

“There is no loneliness more profound, in my experience, than being ignored by one's sole companion in life.”

— Rick Yancey