“We do not need to reveal ourselves to others, but only to those we love. For then we are no longer revealing ourselves in order to seem but in order to give. There is much more strength in a man who reveals himself only when it is necessary. I have suffered from being alone, but because I have been…”— Albert Camus, amazon.com
“I enjoy controlled loneliness. I like wandering around the city alone. I’m not afraid of coming back to an empty flat and lying down in an empty bed. I’m afraid of having no one to miss, of having no one to love.”— Kuba Wojewódzki, goodreads.com
“The worst part of holding the memories is not the pain. It’s the loneliness of it. Memories need to be shared.”— Lois Lowry, amazon.com
“I want to be alone and I want people to notice me — both at the same time.”— Thom Yorke, citizeninsane.eu
“The deepest loneliness came from not knowing whom to call to share the mundane details of her life.”— Patti Callahan Henry, amazon.com
“Be alone until you find someone who misses you when you’re not around, not someone who forgets you exist on the weekends unless they’re drunk and lonely.”— Becca Martin, thoughtcatalog.com
“You know that being alone isn't the same as being lonely. You make time for your friends but understand that scheduling 'me' time is okay, too.”— Cassandra Rose, yourtango.com
“Old souls aren’t afraid to spend time alone. They’re comfortable with silence.”— Holly Riordan, thoughtcatalog.com
“He makes a point to tell you that no one else is home when you visit.”— Holly Riordan, thoughtcatalog.com
“When I came to New York I was in pieces, and though it sounds perverse, the way I recovered a sense of wholeness was not by meeting someone or by falling in love, but rather by handling the things that other people had made, slowly absorbing by way of this contact the fact that loneliness, longing,…”— Olivia Laing, amazon.com