Ashamed Quote by Torill Kove

We want to know that we're not alone with our loneliness or loss.

— Michael Helm

I have experienced loneliness at many, many points in my life and felt this profound sense of shame about it - all the years…

— Vivek Murthy

“If loneliness is to be defined as a desire for intimacy, then included within that is the need to express oneself and to be…

— Olivia Laing

“Sometimes I sit and stare out at the people walking by, wondering if they’ve felt as I’ve felt, trapped, alone, but guiltily content in…

— Moryah DeMott

“Same for loneliness: you let go, let the tears flow, feel it completely--but eventually be able to say, " All right, that was my…

— Mitch Albom

I have always been very interested in the idea of loneliness and the presumption that romantic relationships are supposed to rid you of that.

— Ayobami Adebayo

Who knows what true loneliness is - not the conventional word but the naked terror? To the lonely themselves it wears a mask. The…

— Joseph Conrad

The reason why we hide our feelings from them is the fear that the feeling is not mutual

— Bernajoy Vaal

When I was younger, loneliness was really scary - it felt like an absence - and now I feel human beings are incredibly connected…

— Fred Hechinger

Loneliness is just a thing that I'm not personally interested in. So far, it hasn't been on my docket of things to write about.

— Dave Eggers

“In order to begin to understand human loneliness, one requires a profound insight into two emotions: loneliness and belonging.”

— Ben Mijuskovic

“When we live with a solitude of heart, we can listen with attention to the words and the worlds of others, but when we…

— Henri J.M. Nouwen