Conundrums Quote by Kate Atkinson

“Ursula craved solitude but she hated loneliness”

— Kate Atkinson

“Ursula craved solitude but she hated loneliness... At work, they regarded her as a person apart... They imagined there must be more to her.…

— Kate Atkinson

Loneliness, she thought, was craving for other people's company. But she did not know that loneliness can be an unnoticed cramping of the spirit…

— Doris Lessing

Loneliness in a crowd of people was the worst kind of loneliness, but she couldn't help it.

— Lauren Kate

But although she was with family and friends, she'd never felt more alone. She felt as if she'd lost a vital part of herself…

— Debbie Macomber

Like all strong people, she suffered always a measure of loneliness; she was a marginal outsider, a secret infidel of a certain sort.

— Anne Rice

Jamie enjoyed solitude, but loneliness was a constant ache.

— Sidney Sheldon

“Loneliness wasn't just a state of mind, was it? It was tactile. She could feel it. It was a sixth sense, not in some…

— Tom Wolfe

...she had come long ago to understand that loneliness was the curse of those who were free, even of all those who rose a…

— Louis Bromfield

“Her divorced friends had made a pact not to leave each other alone on nights when loneliness had extra strength.”

— Mitch Albom

Solitude is not the same as loneliness. Solitude is a solitary boat floating in a sea of possible companions.

— Robert Fulghum

“To the turtle, the concept of "loneliness" is incomprehensible. She always has been alone, and any other social state is unthinkable.”

— Robert H. Baker