Quotes tagged ‘Loneliness’

“But Nakata wasn't afraid of the darkness or how deep it was. And why should he be? That bottomless world of darkness, that weighty silence and chaos was an old friend, a part of him already. Nakata understood this well.”

— Haruki Murakami, amazon.com

“I’m the kind of person who likes to be by himself. To put a finer point on it, I’m the type of person who doesn't find it painful to be alone.”

— Haruki Murakami, amazon.com

“It's a good thing a lot of people speak foreign languages, otherwise those people would have no one to talk to.”

— Steven Wright, imdb.com

“Some people go to priests; others to poetry; I to my friends, I to my own heart, I to seek among phrases and fragments something unbroken—I to whom there is not beauty enough in moon or tree; to whom the touch of one person with another is all, yet who cannot grasp even that, who am so imperfect, so…”

— Virginia Woolf, amazon.com

“The value of compassion cannot be over-emphasized. Anyone can criticize. It takes a true believer to be compassionate. No greater burden can be borne by an individual than to know no one cares or understands.”

— Arthur H. Stainback, books.google.com

“Who shall unravel the mystery of a woman's weeping? Who shall declare whether it is pain or a relief to the over-charged heart? . . . When love's burning finger touches the pulse, and marks its slow or rapid beatings. And Thelma wept, as many of her sex weep, without knowing why, save that all sudde…”

— Marie Corelli, amazon.com

“'You would not blame poor Svensen because he is alone, father?' she said. 'Is he not to be pitied? Surely it is a cruel fate to have none to love in all the wide world. Nothing can be more cruel!'”

— Marie Corelli, amazon.com

“Get comfortable with your own company.”

— Sherry Amatenstein, thecut.com

“We are never alone. Even by ourselves, we are not alone. Death is just a door opening to somewhere else. Someday we’ll know what that door opens to.”

— Willie Nelson, parade.com

“There’s always someone, even when there is no one.”

— Margaret Atwood, Offred (June Osborne), Elisabeth Moss, imdb.com

“Sometimes, to feel like I have company during dinner, I dispute credit card charges on speaker phone.”

— John Riggi, Liz Lemon, Tina Fey, imdb.com

“Look in the mirror and repeat, “I’m alone, totally alone,” until you start to cry. Tears are weakness leaking out of the body, and you have to purge yourself of all weakness before you can begin. This thing is freaking heavy.”

— Bizzy Coy, newyorker.com

“Being alive is essentially a very lonely proposition. You have to mostly carry your pack alone. Nobody gets as much help as they need.”

— Alena Smith, imdb.com

“I post a picture of myself cause I'm lonely. Everyone knows what I look like, not even one of them knows me.”

— The Chainsmokers, open.spotify.com

“Some people do better on their own. I don't. It sounds stupid to say, but it's true. I like women. I like them when they're little tiny babies, and I like them when they're old ladies, and I like them all in between. They please me.”

— George Peppard, imdb.com

“Two people, together forever. Security in life! And someone to love ya! Instead of being all alone, such a lonely existence. I'd kill myself!”

— Dan Fybel, Rich Rinaldi, Linda Belcher, John Roberts, imdb.com

“You're all so connected...but you've never been so alone.”

— Jeremy Carver, Sera Gamble, Crocotta, imdb.com

“You wanna know how many women I've slept with over the last 10 years?…Hundreds! Maybe more, I don't know. I barely see their faces. I married Wendy because I was lonely. Because I got tired of the endless disconnect. It was just a sad time-out. Because when I'm inside someone, there's only one face…”

— Kurt Sutter, Jax Teller, Charlie Hunnam, imdb.com

“The kind of lonely I'm talking about is when you feel you've got nothing left. Nothing and no one. Like you're drowning and no one will throw you a line.”

— Elizabeth Benjamin, Hannah Baker, Katherine Langford, imdb.com

“You're going to tell me this one's no big deal, but let me tell you about being lonely. Humans are a social species. We rely on connections to survive. Even the most basic social interactions help keep us alive. Statistics prove the subjective feeling of loneliness can increase the likelihood of pre…”

— Elizabeth Benjamin, Hannah Baker, Katherine Langford, imdb.com