Isolation And Loneliness Quotes

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  Why do people have to be this lonely? What's the point of it all? Millions of people in this world, all of them yearning, looking to others to satisfy them, yet isolating themselves. Why? Was the earth put here just to nourish human loneliness?

  Haruki Murakami

  Life, Sad, Lonely

  FaceBook post by Haruki Murakami from Aug 05, 2011

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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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• Isolation is the sum total of wretchedness to a man.

  Thomas Carlyle

  Lonely, Loneliness, Men

  Thomas Carlyle (1870). “Past and Present”, p.381

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• Isolation and loneliness are central causes of depression and despair.

  Bell Hooks

  Loneliness, Despair, Causes

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• Isolation and loneliness create the conditions for rapid aging. The key is to stay connected and open to new relationships throughout your life.

  Deepak Chopra

  Loneliness, New Relationship, Keys

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• Too much self-centered attitude, you see, brings, you see, isolation. Result: loneliness, fear, anger. The extreme self-centered attitude is the source of suffering.

  Dalai Lama

  Attitude, Loneliness, Self

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• Was the earth put here just to nourish human loneliness?

  Haruki Murakami

  Lonely, Loneliness, Sputnik

  "Sputnik Sweetheart". Book by Haruki Murakami, 1999.

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• If you go deeper and deeper into your own heart, you'll be living in a world with less fear, isolation and loneliness.

  Sharon Salzberg

  Loneliness, Heart, World

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• The only place I've felt was really my home is my cabin up north. There's something in the water there that connects me to that place. There's also this sense of isolation and loneliness about it that I've never been able to shake.

  Jessica Lange

  Loneliness, Home, Up North

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• But there are other words for privacy and independence. They are isolation and loneliness.

  Megan Whalen Turner

  Loneliness, Independence, Privacy

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• Scary is time passing and sickness and dying and regret and isolation and loneliness and relationship problems - as opposed to a guy in a hockey mask, which didn't seem that scary.

  Charlie Kaufman

  Regret, Loneliness, Hockey

  "Charlie Kaufman" by Scott Tobias, www.avclub.com. October 22, 2008.

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• I don't deliberately look for something dark or bleak or disconnected, in fact that's not something I'm even conscious of in the work as I'm making it. I'm always trying to create beauty, reveal hope, show the sense of longing that exists in isolation and loneliness, and capture the search for something greater inside all of my subjects.

  Gregory Crewdson

  Beauty, Photography, Hope

  "Creating Photographic Art - Exclusive Interview With Gregory Crewdson". Interview with David Geffin, fstoppers.com. October 11, 2014.

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• And yet, these insights of connectedness and oneness, which make us feel so at home in the world, are so difficult to hold onto. And so, inevitably, we wind up living lives of isolation and loneliness.

  Irwin Kula

  Loneliness, Live Life, Home

  "Faith and Doubt at Ground Zero". "Frontline", www.pbs.org. 2002.

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• I believe that dialogue is the key to breaking through our tendency to separate and isolate. Dialogue changes isolation and loneliness into connection and interdependence. This, I believe, is the essence of Buddhism.

  Vinessa Shaw

  Loneliness, Believe, Buddhism

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• People often expect the other person to respond first in a positive way, instead of taking the initiative to create that possibility. I feel that's wrong; it can act as a barrier that just promotes a feeling of isolation from others. To overcome feelings of isolation and loneliness, your underlying attitude makes a tremendous difference - approaching others with the thought of compassion in your mind is the best way.

  Dalai Lama

  Attitude, Loneliness, Compassion

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