(307 quotes found)
“Writing a book is a very lonely business. You are totally cut off from the rest of the world, submerged in your obsessions and memories.”
Mario Vargas Llosa
“Dreams have but one owner at a time. That is why dreamers are lonely.”
Erma Bombeck
“What is the opposite of two? A lonely me, a lonely you.”
Richard Wilbur
“The best remedy for those who are afraid, lonely or unhappy is to go outside, somewhere where they can be quiet, alone with the heavens, nature and God. Because only then does one feel that all is as it should be.”
Anne Frank
“Who knows how long I've loved you, you know I love you still. Will I wait a lonely lifetime? If you want me to I will.”
The Beatles
“Hey you, out there in the coldGetting lonely, getting old Can you feel me?Hey you, standing in the aislesWith itchy feet and fading smiles Can you feel me?Hey you, dont help them to bury the lightDon't give in without a fight.”
Pink Floyd
“Sometimes I get lonely, but it's nice to be alone.”
Tatjana Patitz
“What loneliness is more lonely than distrust?”
T.S. Eliot
“Of all the needs (there are none imaginary) a lonely child has, the one that must be satisfied, if there is going to be hope and a hope of wholeness, is the unshaken need for an unshakable God.”
Maya Angelou
“I never found the companion that was so companionable as solitude. We are for the most part more lonely when we go abroad among men than when we stay in our chambers. A man thinking or working is always alone, let him be where he will.”
Henry David Thoreau