Loneliness Quotes Quotes

“There is a loneliness that can be rocked. Arms crossed, knees drawn up, holding, holding on, this motion, unlike a ship's, smooths and contains the rocker. It's an inside kind--wrapped tight like skin. Then there is the loneliness that roams. No rocking can hold it down. It is alive. On its own. A dry and spreading thing that makes the sound of one's own feet going seem to come from a far-off place.”
― Toni Morrison, Beloved

“I think only when you are truly alone can you see you never were.”
― Kelly Moran, Summer's Road

“A lonely, quiet person has observations and experiences that are at once both more indistinct and more penetrating than those of one more gregarious; his thoughts are weightier, stranger, and never without a tinge of sadness. . . . Loneliness fosters that which is original, daringly and bewilderingly beautiful, poetic. But loneliness also fosters that which is perverse, incongruous, absurd, forbidden.”
― Thomas Mann, Death in Venice

“Loneliness is a passive state. It is a compulsion when you are left on your own by others. Solitude, on the other hand, is a fully conscious choice that you make.”
― Alok Mishra

“If the only point of jail is isolation, then I have served a full sentence.”
― Abhaidev, The Gods Are Not Dead

“I wish to spend a lifetime near a lighthouse where loneliness will be the glimmer of luminous prancing upon ocean waves… rising and falling only for my breathing.”
― Munia Khan

“To be so lonely
you told yourself you liked to be this way
& almost believed it was true.”
― Natalie Wee, Our Bodies & Other Fine Machines

“Too much expectation
can only lead to frustration.”
― Mouloud Benzadi

“A day without you beside me
is like a day without warm sunshine.
It's cold and gloomy.”
― Mouloud Benzadi

“Sometimes, no matter how hard we try, we may not be able to stay together,
but our true love and the precious moments we shared will last forever.”
― Mouloud Benzadi

“The hardest thing in life is to find yourself with someone, so close to you yet so far.”
― Mouloud Benzadi

“Don't let them cause you pain and turn your life into a disaster.
Break free, turn the page and start a new chapter.”
― Mouloud Benzadi

“Many people seek fellowship because they are afraid to be alone...let him who cannot be alone beware of community. He will do harm to himself and to the community. Alone you stood before God when he called you; alone you had to answer that call; alone you had to struggle and pray; and alone you will die and give an account to God. You cannot escape yourself, for God has singled you out.”
― Dietrich Bonhoeffer

“Virtual In the age of social media, friends are like snow flakes.
They descend in their thousands. They disappear in seconds.”
― Mouloud Benzadi

“Why be crying, fearful, lonely, when you have the whole universe? Be still, listen to your heart, breathe, and know you need nothing.”
― Jay Woodman

“Sometimes he felt his loneliness. But these moments of solitude and loneliness gave meaning to his existence. He would keep drifting from moment to moment - inhaling the fragrances of these moments like one inhaled from the flowers in a garden!”
― Avijeet Das

“Everyone experiences the feelings of sadness and loneliness. We might rue our lack of companionship, but some people present a desperate need for aloneness. Being alone allows a person to think, imagine, and take in nature. Because being alone is essential for specific human actions, similar to all other aspects of life, it is a gift.”
― Kilroy J. Oldster

“How could I ever be lonely when I am with my own best self.”
― Anoir Ou-chad, The Alien

“Until you experience real loneliness, you shall never know what real loneliness is. So many people feel miserable and lonely just because they ignore their inner man, create a gap between themselves and their inner man, and neglect their true self!”
― Ernest Agyemang Yeboah

“Can I Tinder swipe for cat cuddles?”
― Shannon M Mullen, See What Flowers

“I don't know how I ended up in a world this miserable.
All this suffering just to die one day.”
― Sadia Hakim, The Weight of Tender Things

“A writer’s heart beats alone, but her reflection never fades." – Yvonne Padmos”
― Yvonne Padmos

“Tek başına olmak bir tercih ise sorun değil, geçtiğimiz senede bunu öğrendim. Eğer etrafın sarılıysa ve kimsesiz bir halde şaşkınlıkla bakınıyorsan problem.”
― Gülsel Güneş Ceren, Önden Üç Bilet

“Never a prisoner, never his slave at ALL -
when dreams FALL, remember Boris Johnson: Take back CONTROL.”
― Mouloud Benzadi

“Never a prisoner, never his slave at all—when dreams fall, take back control.”
― Mouloud Benzadi

“Relationships are sometimes irreparable,
No matter your will, they won’t mend at all.
When passion starts to dwindle,
And sweet dreams begin to fall —
Find your strength within,
Take back control.”
― Mouloud Benzadi

“Loneliness can feel daunting, yet if you allow yourself to stay with it, it can quietly illuminate the answers to the struggles you’ve long kept hidden.”
― Anoir Ou-chad

“You carry your heavy heart around,
but you love as if you’ve still room.
Pain has quite a name in your eyes,
but you’ve never kept its gloom.”
― B. Elae

“May the holy loneliness of Christmas open our hearts to long for His healing presence.”
― Allene vanOirschot, A LIGHT IN THE DARKNESS: 25 DAYS OF HOPE FOR CHRISTMAS

“The things you gain while walking alone are very likely to be more valuable than the things you gain while walking with a thousand people, because when you walk alone, you walk thinking! When you walk with a thousand people, it's the act of walking that matters more than thinking!”
― Mehmet Murat ildan