Human condition Quote by Joan Gould

“There are two essential kinds of loneliness: that of not having found someone to love, and that of having been deprived of the one…

— Julian Barnes

Loneliness is the prison of the human spirit. When we are lonely, we pace back and forth in small, shut-in worlds.

— Anonymous

“Ultimately, loneliness is not the experience of lacking but the experience of living. It is part and parcel of the human condition, and, unless…

— Neel Burton

“I don’t think that loneliness is necessarily a bad or unconstructive condition. My own skill at jamming time may actually be dependent on some…

— Nicholson Baker

“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

“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

Loneliness is a drug, a narcotic; it grows through veins, through nerves and muscles; it assumes some right of possession over your body and…

— R.J. Ellory

“When you’re accustomed to loneliness, you become in tune with the rhythms of yourself and your own mind—because you always have to answer yourself…

— Nico Lang

Loneliness is a feeling that is created by our ego. The ego feels separate from the rest of creation. The answer to overcoming those…

— Frederick Lenz

“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 mirror, and recognizes itself.

— Jodi Picoult

“Loneliness is not only positively characterized by a certain degree of isolation, but is negatively characterized by a deficiency of participation.”

— Stephen Batchelor