Association Quote by Suzanne Gordon

Loneliness is failed solitude.

— Sherry Turkle

Loneliness is such an omnipotent and painful threat to many persons that they have little conception of the positive values of solitude and even,…

— Rollo May

Loneliness is the poverty of self; solitude is the richness of self.

— May Sarton

Loneliness is the poverty of self; solitude is richness of self.

— May Sarton

“Connections are difficult. There’s an irritation in being among people who’ve already found their connection, and finding that those left who haven’t are just…

— Jhonen Vásquez

Loneliness is one thing, solitude another.

— Friedrich Nietzsche

Loneliness is inner emptiness. Solitude is inner fulfillment.

— Richard J. Foster

Loneliness is solitude with a problem.

— Maggie Nelson

Solitude is the human condition in which I keep myself company. Loneliness comes about when I am alone without being able to split up…

— Hannah Arendt

There is no loneliness greater than the loneliness of a failure. The failure is a stranger in his own house.

— Eric Hoffer

Solitude is one thing and loneliness is another.

— May Sarton

“if we don’t have experience with solitude—and this is often the case today—we start to equate loneliness and solitude.”

— Sherry Turkle