On Loneliness: Words That Help You Feel Less Alone

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.

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

The most terrible poverty is loneliness and the feeling of being unloved.

I restore myself when I'm alone.

The eternal quest of the individual human being is to shatter his loneliness.

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

All great and precious things are lonely.

If you are alone, you belong entirely to yourself.

The capacity to be alone is the capacity to love.

We are all so much together, but we are all dying of loneliness.

Loneliness is not lack of company; loneliness is lack of purpose.

I exist in two places — here and where you are.

The person who tries to keep everyone happy often ends up feeling the loneliest.

Sometimes being surrounded by everyone is the loneliest because you'll realize you have no one to turn to.

In solitude I find the answers that crowds drown out.