Quotes About Loneliness

There was no one left to anchor her to the earth, no one who cared about her. There was nothing to go on to, nothing to return to.

wondering how she could be in a house full of people and also in the loneliest place on earth.

found it difficult to make friends when I didn't trust anyone I met. And

About music, and people, and things we'd done and wanted to do, and I never worried about whether I was going to say the wrong thing or offend someone because he just "got" me, you know? And now I've moved to London and I'm sort of on my own, apart from my family, and talking to them is always... tricky.

across from Legal, hadn't been invited to a dinner. Scott Mackey, the

Tenía la mirada vacía de alguien que siempre se encontraba apartado del mundo que lo rodeaba. A veces me preguntaba si era un mecanismo de defensa, si la única manera de sobrellevar esa vida era fingir que no era a él a quien le ocurría todo eso.

I don't think I had ever felt lonelier in my life.

The city feels as alien as to me as it always has. But, then, everywhere does, these days.

Where once it had offered her a welcome sense of freedom, now the vast expanses seemed only to emphasize her sense of isolation.

Tú, Clark -se miró las manos-. eres la única persona con la que siento que pudo hablar desde que acabé en esta maldita silla.

tracksuit bottoms," said William. That day I didn't want to speak. I was only there because I couldn't face the silence of my little flat. I had a sudden, sneaking

financial and energy-sapping struggle, was that being a parent on your own when you were totally out of your depth was actually the loneliest place on earth.

I have to tell you it made me so bloody glad that I wanted to shout like a crazy person and do a dance, but I'm crap at dancing and I had nobody to talk to so I went and let the hens out and sat on the step and told them instead (they were not massively impressed. But what do they know?).

Alice sat on the swing seat, listening to the crickets and wondering how she could be in a house full of people and also in the loneliest place on earth.

Alice watched, the moonshine coursing through her blood, the warmth and music making her nerves sing, and felt something give inside her, something she hadn't wanted to acknowledge to herself, something primal to do with love and loss and loneliness.

Without someone to talk to, every sight I saw - whether it was the Trevi Fountain or a canal in Amsterdam - felt simply like a box I'd needed to tick on a list. - Lou Clark

I could easily become one of those people who so crave human contact that they talk inappropriately to other passengers on trains or spend ten minutes picking things in a shop so they can chat to the assistant. I

I felt, briefly, on the edge of tears. I had looked forward to an evening full of giggling children, delicious food, and laughter. Instead I was going to be a shadow again, a silent prop in an icy room.

slept at all. I didn't want to think how it would feel, to lie trapped in a bed you couldn't get out of with only dark thoughts to keep you company through the small hours.

being a parent on your own when you were totally out of your depth was actually the loneliest place on earth.

For the first time I felt overwhelmed, crushed by the knowledge that I was alone in a city that no longer welcomed me.

The Grum's Ledger is a tale of regret. In real life, there was no happy ending. Alexander Grum died alone because he was afraid to seize love and risk and all the unknowns that go with it. He chose certainty- and it was his ruin.

Unfortunately, since there was only one of him, most of his riches were wasted.

Some people feel like they don't deserve love. They walk away quietly into empty spaces, trying to close the gaps of the past.