I'm still amazed at how my mother emerged from her lonely early life as such an affectionate and levelheaded woman.
- Hillary Clinton
But, like all human beings, she still had unfulfilled longings. She could still be as lonely and frightened as a child, and with as little reason.
- Madeleine L'Engle
O Hope! Dazzling, radiant Hope! What a change thou bringest to the hopeless; brightening the darkened paths, and cheering the lonely way.
- Aimee Semple McPherson
The incident had that rich savor of the ludicrous which neither pity nor charity can destroy. Unfortunately, she could not in decency share it with anybody; she could only enjoy it in lonely ecstasies of mirth.
- Dorothy Sayers
The stars, that nature hung in heaven, and filled their lamps with everlasting oil, give due light to the misled and lonely traveller.