Quotes About Loneliness

There is something universal about being stood up in a city restaurant between one and two—a spiritual no-man's-land, whose blasted trees, entrenchments, and ratholes we all share, disarmed by the gullibility of our hearts.

And walking back from the river I remember the galling loneliness of my adolescence, from which I do not seem to have completely escaped. It is the sense of the voyeur, the lonely, lonely boy with no role in life but to peer in at the lighted windows of other people's contentment and vitality. It seems comical -- farcical -- that, having been treated so generously, I should be struck with this image of a kid in the rain walking along the road shoulders of East Milton.

When you get to be as old and as rich as I am, it's hard to meet people.

Charlie continued to complain to most of the tenants when they wished him a merry Christmas, changing his story from the lonely bachelor to the poor father, and back again

Here she barked out her greetings in Italian, anxious to disassociate herself from the horseless American cowboys and above all from her own kind, the truly lost and unwanted, who move like leaves around the edges of the world, gathering only long enough to wait in line and see if there is any mail

She felt quite friendly to her husband. He never struck her. He never abused her. He always gave her exactly the same sum of money every Saturday, whatever receipts the shop brought in. He didn't drink. He praised her cooking. But on the other hand—oh, how happy she always was when he was well out of the way and she was left alone!

Life is very confusing. One day we are the happiest person in the world and tomorrow we are most lonely in the world.

Love is hard to understand, impossible to live with yet so miserable to live without. I have loved and have been loved. Sadly, though, never at the same time.

Maybe you only love him because you fear that he just might be the only one that will ever love you.

A heartbreak isnt always as loud as a bomb exploding. Sometimes it can be as quiet as a feather falling, and the most painful thing is that no one really hears it except yourself

I'm already hating myself at a single-on-Valentine's-Day level.

Valentine's Day and Black History Month are sad reminders of how lonely and white I am.

Let people be in love, don't down Valentines Day just because you're not with someone.

Single people pretend like being single on Valentines doesn't suck...Yeah right, I used to hate it.

The awkward moment when you realize Valentines day is approaching fast and the only one who loves you is your pet...

The truth of our past haunts us, the memory of past lovers makes us feel all alone in our life. But never forget that we will always find someone who loves us more then we remember past lovers.

Why did you do this to me? I loved you with all I've got but I guess that wasn't enough for you. I tried my best to make you happy but you never cared for me at all. I'm tired of all your broken promises and always getting my hopes up. Now I'm left alone with all the tears and the memories. I hope your happy for what you did to me.

I looked in the mirror this morning, but I only saw me without you.

Why did you leave me? When did you leave me? Where was I when this happened?

You told me you love me, Why did you leave me all alone?

Im the best thing that ever happened to you and you will end up alone and wishing you had me back.

The worst feeling is when someone makes you feel special, then suddenly leaves you hanging, and you have to act like you don't care at all...

Remember me? You made me feel like I was your everything, but then you left me easily like I was nothing to you..

What is the opposite of two? A lonely me, a lonely you.