Quotes About Loneliness

I think every person who is single should have a dog. I think the government should step in and intervene: If you're not married or coupled up, whether you've been dumped or divorced or widowed or whatever, they should require you to proceed immediately to the pound nearest you and select an animal companion.

So here I am. Twenty-eight years old, with thirty looming on the horizon. Drunk. Fat. Alone. Unloved. And, worst of all, a cliche, Ally McBeal and Bridget Jones put together, which was probably about how much I weighed...

A terrible feeling of loneliness besieged her, so strong it was almost like physical pain...

The table and chair legs were like bars of the cage around me. This time they weren't keeping me in, they were keeping her out.

on living and working in Los Angeles] Los Angeles is like a desert. The only thing that exists is the work you do. You have that sense of living a precarious existence.

Those were the 4:00 a.m. thoughts, when she felt so worthless and inadequate that it was almost funny. Not funny, but almost.

Books had been her solace when she was sad, her friends when she was lonely. They had mended her heart when it was broken, and encouraged her to hope when she was down.

Everybody had somebody but me.

And now I just want to not exist.

and of course I wasn't invited,

There were times I feel left out anyway. Not in a romantic way, but a friend way.

I felt like the kid in the backseat who can't hear what the adults are talking about, it made me feel a little but invisible.

I thought I knew what heartbreak felt like. I thought heartbreak was me, standing alone at the prom. That was nothing. This, this was heartbreak. The pain in your chest, the ache behind your eyes ... You think you know love, you think you know real pain, but you don't.

I thought I knew what heartbreak felt like. I thought heartbreak was me, standing alone at the prom. That was nothing. This, this was heartbreak. The pain in your chest, the ache behind your eyes. The knowing that things will never be the same again. It's all relative, I suppose. You think you know love, you think you know real pain, but you don't. You don't know anything.

But with me he's been distant. Like even though he's right here next to me, he feels far away. Unreachable.

And then I had a thought, clear as day. I would never be somebody's favorite again.

I think you're very special. I think you are probably one of the most special people at our school, and I wish more people knew that about you. Or maybe I don't, because sometimes it's nice to be the only one who knows something.

Tu préfères te faire des films plutôt que d'être avec quelqu'un pour de vrai

Je ne pensais pas que quelqu'un pouvait vous manquer encore plus douloureusement en étant assis à deux pas de vous. Peut-être parce qu'il ne me regarde pas, pas une seule fois.

I'd hoped I wouldn't cry, because I knew Margot wouldn't, and it's lonely to cry alone, but I can't help it.

Even though Margot isn't a loud person, it feels quiet at home. Empty, somehow.

They made me wish I had someone to whisper to in the backseat.

Yes, well, today you'd make a really great Moaning Myrtle.

The adjunct seems paler than usual. He isn't speaking in complete sentences. Would it be possible to...? Do you mind if...? They say when you're lonely you start to lose words.