“Loneliness, longing, does not mean one has failed, but simply that one is alive.”— Regan Penaluna, nautil.us
“I think it’s because I get an audience involved, personally involved in a song—because I’m involved myself. It’s not something I do deliberately: I can’t help myself. If the song is a lament at the loss of love, I get an ache in my gut. I feel the loss myself and I cry out the loneliness, the hurt a…”— Frank Sinatra, reprints.longform.org
“Modern life seems set up so that we can avoid loneliness at all costs, but maybe it’s worthwhile to face it occasionally. The further we push aloneness away, the less are we able to cope with it, and the more terrifying it gets.”— Michael Finkel, amazon.com
“What’s the difference between ‘incomplete’ and ‘finished’? A man without a wife feels incomplete. Once married, he’s finished.”— Unknown, tcat.tc
“Left alone in the dismal lobby, I would totter into the creaking elevator and, with a faintly arthritic walk, limp to my suite of one room, there to fortify myself with a glass of Dr. Brown’s Celery Tonic double.”— Groucho Marx, amazon.com
“My house is the most chaotic, loudest place ever and sometimes I look around and I feel devastatingly alone.”— Julia Brownwell, Nicole, Ali Ahn, imdb.com
“I'm here because it feels good and because I don't want to be alone.”— Margaret Atwood, Kira Snyder, Offred (June Osborne), Elisabeth Moss, imdb.com
“Intense, unexpected suffering passes more quickly than suffering that is apparently bearable; the latter goes on for years and, without our noticing, eats away at our souls, until, one day, we are no longer able to free ourselves and it stays with us for the rest of our lives.”— Paulo Coelho, twitter.com
“You should be thanking me for liberating you from your world of loneliness and isolation. Now you're part of a family.”— Larry David, Jerry Seinfeld, Cosmo Kramer, Michael Richards, imdb.com
“What do you want me to say? That the things haven't worked out the way that I planned? That I'm struggling, barely able to keep my head above water? That LA is a cold place even in the middle of the summer? That it's a lonely place even when you’re stuck in traffic on the Hollywood Freeway? That I'm…”— Larry Charles, Cosmo Kramer, Michael Richards, imdb.com
“I’m always in my room alone, imagining that we are in love I confess then we break up, the reason it’s a sad mono drama The mono drama of being in love alone, the encounter, the love, the goodbye”— Kim Jonghyun, open.spotify.com
“Sometimes I wish we could switch places I’m the one who’s always hurting, it’s so unfair I’m crashing into a clear wall of another world The waves that swallow me are my tears I hope you know oh please please please”— Kim Jonghyun, open.spotify.com
“I want to resemble you, I want to hug you But it’s too much to even linger next to you I know it’s funny to compare myself to the great you”— Kim Jonghyun, open.spotify.com
“Sometimes, why am I the only one who was silly, or why am I the only one who isn’t doing well I feel bitter, I can’t, to the point that it’s hard to bear (When it’s stifling) During that time (When it’s dreary) It’s not that bad to waste it like that for once”— Kim Jonghyun, open.spotify.com
“Look at her. This is a lonely woman looking for companionship....Spinster...Maybe a virgin....Maybe she got hurt a long time ago. She was a schoolgirl. There was a boy. It didn't work out. Now she needs a little tenderness. She needs a little understanding. She needs a little Kramer.”— Larry Charles, Cosmo Kramer, Michael Richards, imdb.com
“Be honest, you’re really lonely Be honest, you know you can’t go on any longer Since when were you alone? It’s to the point where it’s awkward To look into my own eyes in the mirror”— Kim Jonghyun, open.spotify.com
“Sometimes I get scared, am I gonna be forever alone? Everyone thinks it’s a waste but it’s not too bad I’m gonna be lazy in my quiet room all day Only gonna sleep”— Kim Jonghyun, open.spotify.com