Quotes About Loneliness

It's time to commit to finding the answer, to search for life beyond Earth. Mankind has a deep need to explore, to learn, to know. We also happen to be sociable creatures. It is important for us to know if we are alone in the dark.

Social acceptance, 'being liked,' has so much power because it holds the feelings of loneliness at bay.

People drive everywhere in L.A., so you get very little human interaction... but N.Y. and Chicago are like London... L.A. lacks the social interaction.

I have a life of sacrifice. I don't have a normal social life.

As a kid I used to raise snakes. Obviously, my social life was a bit down at the time. But it took me a while to realise that with an interest like that people are going to think there's something wrong with you.

I was really shy because I didn't have much of a social life.

Since I started playing in the Premier League, I haven't really got a social life.

I'm a loner. I like to be alone. I'm socially awkward.

Food is not your remedy for problems. Food is not going to change your life. If you are lonely, food is not going to be your company. If you are sad, food is not going to give you solace.

I think I meant that, given the circumstances of my childhood, I had the illusion that it's easier to be alone. To have your relationships be casual and also to pose as a solitary person, because it was more romantic. You know, I was raised on the idea of the ramblin' man and the loner.

The wailing owl Screams solitary to the mournful moon.

How many persons condemned to the horrors of solitary confinement have gone mad - simply because the thinking faculties have lain dormant!

Loneliness expresses the pain of being alone and solitude expresses the glory of being alone.

Solitude is pleasant. Loneliness is not.

Solitude is not the same as loneliness. Solitude is a solitary boat floating in a sea of possible companions.

Solitude, isolation, are painful things and beyond human endurance.

There's a difference between solitude and loneliness.

This great misfortune - to be incapable of solitude.

As I've gotten older I've occasionally found myself nostalgic for earlier periods of solitude, though I realize that's also likely a false nostalgia, as I know there was nothing I wanted more during those periods than to not be alone, whatever that means.

There's a difference between loneliness and solitude. You pursue solitude, I think. But loneliness is a completely different isolating thing.

Remember that although the distinction can be difficult to draw, loneliness and solitude are different.

I like the idea of isolation, I like the idea of solitude. You can be connected and have a phone and still be lonely.

It's clear to me that anyone, anywhere, can experience loneliness, isolation, solitude, and estrangement; and most people probably do encounter these things at some point in their lives.

I have to say that I have no regrets about my decision to become a priest or about the major directions my ministry has taken me... I have been and am happy as a priest, and I have never been lonely... I could have used a bit more solitude.