“I’ll be fine. Even if I have to start from scratch, even if I have to erase all of your memories, even if I never see you again….I’ll be fine.”— Rania Naim, thoughtcatalog.com
“Loneliness is better when I’m alone. Instead of feeling all alone with you.”— Rania Naim, thoughtcatalog.com
“Loneliness is a kind of winter. And you drag me, kicking and screaming into some kind of bright summer.”— Iain S. Thomas, amazon.com
“Maybe once you realized you had to do it alone, you were on your way home. And maybe the most difficult, most important thing anyone could do for anyone else was to leave him alone; it was perhaps the only gratuitous act, the act of love.”— Joan Didion, amazon.com
“Listen, I have been educated. I have learned about Western Civilization. Do you know What the message of Western Civilization is? I am alone.”— Eileen Myles, poetryfoundation.org
“I was born in a thunderstorm. I grew up overnight. I played alone, I played on my own. I survived.”— Sia, play.spotify.com
“No one wants to be lonely and no one wants to be with you when you’re lonely.”— Adam Gnade, brickfrickingmaster.tumblr.com
“Even when we truly understand these matters, the journey of spiritual growth is still so lonely and difficult that we often become discouraged.”— M. Scott Peck,, amazon.com
“Even being alone it's better than sitting next to your lover and feeling lonely.”— Julie Delpy, Celine, amazon.com
“The danger is that in this move toward new horizons and far directions, that I may lose what I have now, and not find anything except loneliness.”— Sylvia Plath, amazon.com
“It’s awful not to be loved. It’s the worst thing in the world. It makes you mean, and violent, and cruel.”— John Steinbeck, amazon.com
“There's a sorrow and pain in everyone's life, but every now and then there's a ray of light that melts the loneliness in your heart and brings comfort like hot soup and a soft bed.”— Hubert Selby Jr., amazon.com
“If you are sad, ask yourself why you are sad. Then pick up the phone and call someone and tell him the answer to the question. If you don't know anyone, call the operator and tell him. Most people don't know that the operator has to listen, it is a law. Also, the postman is not allowed to go inside…”— Miranda July, amazon.com