Quotes about Loneliness

Some minds corrode and grow inactive under the loss of personal liberty; others grow morbid and irritable; but it is the nature of the poet to become tender and imaginitive in the loneliness of confinement. He banquets upon the honey of his own thoughts, and, like the captive bird, pours forth his soul in melody.

Healing is impossible in loneliness; it is the opposite of loneliness. Conviviality is healing. To be healed we must come with all the other creatures to the feast of Creation. (pg.99, "The Body and the Earth")

Communion over loneliness. Death not an end, but a beginning. At home in the absolute—and absolutely unknown—future.

I still don't like going to bed alone.

Booksellers are the most valuable destination for the lonely, given the numbers of books written because authors couldn't find anyone to talk to.

Charlotte read the preprinted slip. Redeemed. $1,000. She whirled around. "Wait, sir, excuse me, but how did you know . . ." But he was gone. Along with the crowd and the hum of voices. Charlotte stood completely alone except for the battered trunk and the glittering swirl in the air.

What does it all mean if I don't have family? If my mother is in the cold, hard ground?

In Genesis, it says that it is not good for a man to be alone; but sometimes it is a great relief.

I am now a man of despair, rejected, abandoned, shut up in this iron cage from which there is no escape.

Man has no choice but to love. For when he does not, he finds his alternatives lie in loneliness, destruction and despair.

It was as though I had one map inside my head and it led to the man who was waiting for me. Someone who was alone - maybe even more alone - than I was.

Snuggle in God's arms. When you are hurting, when you feel lonely, left out. let Him cradle you, comfort you, reassure you of His all-sufficient power and love.