Being Lonely Quotes - Page 3

• What a lovely surprise to finally discover how unlonely being alone can be.

  Ellen Burstyn

  Lonely, Loneliness, Being Alone

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• We're born alone, we live alone, we die alone. Only through our love and friendship can we create the illusion for the moment that we're not alone.

  Orson Welles

  Love, Life, Depressing

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• Who knows what true loneliness is - not the conventional word but the naked terror? To the lonely themselves it wears a mask. The most miserable outcast hugs some memory or some illusion.

  Joseph Conrad

  Lonely, Memories, Loneliness

  Joseph Conrad (2016). “Under Western Eyes”, p.39, Joseph Conrad

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• It is strange to be known so universally and yet to be so lonely.

  Albert Einstein

  Inspirational, Lonely, Loneliness

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  I used to think the worst thing in life was to end up all alone. It's not. The worst thing in life is to end up with people who make you feel all alone.

  Robin Williams

  Love, Life, Lonely

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• The loneliest moment in someone’s life is when they are watching their whole world fall apart, and all they can do is stare blankly.

  F. Scott Fitzgerald

  Life, Lonely, Loneliness

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• Remember: the time you feel lonely is the time you most need to be by yourself. Life's cruelest irony.

  Douglas Coupland

  Life, Lonely, Loneliness

  Douglas Coupland (1993). “Shampoo Planet”, p.259, Simon and Schuster

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• It's better to be unhappy alone than unhappy with someone - so far.

  Marilyn Monroe

  Love, Being Alone, Feeling Alone

  Marilyn Monroe, Roger G. Taylor (1983). “Marilyn Monroe in her own words”, Putnam Pub Group

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

  May Sarton

  Lonely, Loneliness, Being Alone

  May Sarton (2014). “Mrs. Stevens Hears the Mermaids Singing: A Novel”, p.92, Open Road Media

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  Loneliness adds beauty to life. It puts a special burn on sunsets and makes night air smell better.

  Henry Rollins

  Life, Lonely, Depressing

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• We are born alone, we live alone, we die alone. Everything in-between is a gift.

  Yul Brynner

  Love, Life, Death

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• If you are afraid of being lonely, don't try to be right.

  Jules Renard

  Lonely, Funny Inspirational, Loneliness

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• I like the idea of being alone. I like the idea of often being alone in all aspects of my life. I like to feel lonely. I like to need things.

  Robert Plant

  Lonely, Plant Life, Ideas

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• I don't want to be alone, I want to be left alone.

  Audrey Hepburn

  Hilarious, Loneliness, Being Alone

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• Being prime minister is a lonely job... you cannot lead from the crowd.

  Margaret Thatcher

  Lonely, Jobs, Interesting

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• There is no greater sorrow than to recall happiness in times of misery.

  Dante Alighieri

  Inspirational, Happiness, Sad

  Dante Alighieri, Stanley Lombardo (2009). “Inferno”, p.26, Hackett Publishing

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• Booksellers are the most valuable destination for the lonely, given the numbers of books that were written because authors couldn't find anyone to talk to.

  Alain de Botton

  Lonely, Book, Being Alone

  "The Consolations of Philosophy". Book by Alain de Botton (Chapter IV "Consolation For Inadequacy", p. 148), 2000.

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• A tramp, a gentleman, a poet, a dreamer, a lonely fellow, always hopeful of romance and adventure.

  Charlie Chaplin

  Lonely, Travel, Loneliness

  "Charlie Chaplin's Los Angeles: a black and white odyssey" by Kira Cochrane, www.theguardian.com. December 8, 2013.

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• People who lead a lonely existence always have something on their minds that they are eager to talk about.

  Anton Chekhov

  Lonely, Loneliness, Being Alone

  Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (1988). “A doctor's visit: short stories”, Bantam Classics

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• Loneliness is the universal problem of rich people.

  Joan Collins

  Lonely, Loneliness, Being Alone

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• I discovered that it was a lonely world being a solo artist. Then I started working with another solo artist, Rod Stewart, and he used to tell me how lonely he was!

  Andrew Taylor

  Lonely, Artist, World

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• To know you will be lonely is not the same as being lonely.

  Peter Carey

  Lonely, Art, Knows

  Peter Carey (2010). “Oscar and Lucinda”, p.261, Faber & Faber

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• The sky is one whole, the water another; and between those two infinities the soul of man is in loneliness.

  Henryk Sienkiewicz

  Lonely, Loneliness, Men

  Henryk Sienkiewicz (1898). “Sielanka: A Forest Picture, and Other Stories”

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• Let me tell you this: if you meet a loner, no matter what they tell you, it's not because they enjoy solitude. It's because they have tried to blend into the world before, and people continue to disappoint them.

  Jodi Picoult

  Inspirational, Life, Lonely

  Jodi Picoult (2009). “My Sister's Keeper - Movie Tie-In: A Novel”, p.156, Simon and Schuster

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• Moon! Moon! I am prone before you. Pity me,and drench me in loneliness.

  Amy Lowell

  Loneliness, Moon, Pity

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