Latest Quotes

“If one's different, one's bound to be lonely.”

— Aldous Huxley, Brave New World

“Anyone who falls in love is searching for the missing pieces of themselves. So anyone who's in love gets sad when they think of their lover. It's like stepping back inside a room you have fond memories of, one you haven't seen in a long time.”

— Haruki Murakami, 1Q84 (Vintage International)

“The best love is the kind that awakens the soul and makes us reach for more, that plants a fire in our hearts and brings peace to our minds. And that’s what you’ve given me. That’s what I’d hoped to give you forever.”

— Nicholas Sparks, The Notebook

“I love you without knowing how, or when, or from where. I love you simply, without problems or pride: I love you in this way because I do not know any other way of loving but this, in which there is no I or you, so intimate that your hand upon my chest is my hand, so intimate that when I fall asleep…”

— Pablo Neruda, Love Poems (New Directions Paperbook)

“There is never a time or place for true love. It happens accidentally, in a heartbeat, in a single flashing, throbbing moment.”

— Sarah Dessen, The Truth About Forever

“Love is a fire. But whether it is going to warm your hearth or burn down your house, you can never tell.”

— Joan Crawford, Interview, Hollywood Reporter (1954)

“It’s okay if love isn’t on your radar, or if you have a long list of everything you want to do on your own. It’s okay to be by yourself, and to enjoy that solo company. I promise there’s nothing wrong with you. And I promise you’ll still have plenty of time to fall in love.”

— Marisa Donnelly, It’s Okay If You’re Not Lonely

“Our generation of sadness and loneliness is of the unchecked variety. Of wallowing. Of letting ourselves be disconnected from both others and ourselves. Learning to soothe more than heal. Learning to put a band-aid on problems instead of working through and solving our problems. If something is not…”

— Jamie Varon, This Is The New Loneliness

“No relationship is perfect, ever. There are always some ways you have to bend, to compromise, to give something up in order to gain something greater…The love we have for each other is bigger than these small differences. And that’s the key. It’s like a big pie chart, and the love in a relationship…”

— Sarah Dessen, This Lullaby

“If you look closely, loneliness is you.”

— Rania Naim, Maybe Loneliness Is Not So Bad After All

“It pains me sometimes but it also heals me. It floods my eyes with tears but it also brings out my depth, my talents, my kindness and my strength. It makes me weak until it makes me strong, it almost kills me before it brings me back to life.”

— Rania Naim, Maybe Loneliness Is Not So Bad After All

“Being alone never felt right. sometimes it felt good, but it never felt right.”

— Charles Bukowski, Women: A Novel

“Love never dies a natural death. It dies because we don’t know how to replenish its source. It dies of blindness and errors and betrayals. It dies of illness and wounds; it dies of weariness, of witherings, of tarnishings.”

— Anaïs Nin, Parted Lips: Lesbian Love Quotes Through the Ages

“When I get lonely these days, I think: So BE lonely, Liz. Learn your way around loneliness. Make a map of it. Sit with it, for once in your life. Welcome to the human experience. But never again use another person's body or emotions as a scratching post for your own unfulfilled yearnings.”

— Elizabeth Gilbert, Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia

“For many, love is a two-sided coin. It can strengthen or stifle, expand or enfeeble, perfect or pauperize. When love is returned, we soar. We are taken to heights unseen, where it delights, invigorates, and beautifies. When love is spurned, we feel crippled, disconsolate, and bereaved. Polish the co…”

— Colleen Houck, goodreads.com

“Maybe everybody in the whole damn world is scared of each other.”

— John Steinbeck, Of Mice and Men

“People think a soul mate is your perfect fit, and that’s what everyone wants. But a true soul mate is a mirror, the person who shows you everything that is holding you back, the person who brings you to your own attention so you can change your life. A true soul mate is probably the most important p…”

— Elizabeth Gilbert, Eat, Pray, Love

“It is not a lack of love, but a lack of friendship that makes unhappy marriages.”

— Friedrich Nietzsche, goodreads.com

“Solitude is fine but you need someone to tell that solitude is fine.”

— Honore de Balzac, Solitude is fine but you need someone to tell that solitude is fine.

“Let me be clear - Pokemon Go and Niantic can now: - Read all your email - Send email as you - Access all your Google drive documents (including deleting them) - Look at your search history and your Maps navigation history - Access any private photos you may store in Google Photos - And a whole lot m…”

— Adam Reeve, Pokemon Go is a huge security risk