Samuel Johnson Lexicographer, Essayist, Critic “"I fly from pleasure," said the prince, "because pleasure has ceased to please; I am lonely because I am miserable, and am unwilling to cloud with my presence the happiness of others."” Happiness Lonely Loneliness ♥ 3
Tom Hanks Actor, Producer “But I also think all of the great stories in literature deal with loneliness. Sometimes it's by way of heartbreak, sometimes it's by way of injustice, sometimes it's by way of fate. There's an infinite number of ways to examine it.” Thinking Fate Loneliness ♥ 3
Rumi Poet, Philosopher “Feeling lonely and ignoble indicates that you haven't been patient.” Lonely Loneliness ♥ 3
Lady Gaga Singer, Actress “I'm supposed to be, I am an artist. Yes, I'm lonely. But I'm married to my loneliness.” Artist Lonely ♥ 3
Tom Hanks Actor, Producer “But the battles against loneliness that I fought when I was 16 are very different from those I fought when I was 27, and those are very different from the ones I fight at 44.” Fighting Loneliness Battle ♥ 3
Seth Musician “People claim that love is the deepest feeling, but don't you believe it. Loneliness is the most affecting of human emotions. Nothing makes life more vivid. If you wish to live in the moment, I recommend intense loneliness.” Believe Love Is Loneliness ♥ 3
Richard Bach Author “Respect for sovereignity, for privacy, for total independence. Gentle alliances against loneliness, they were, cool rational love-affairs without the love.” Love Loneliness Respect ♥ 3
ST Shawn Thompson Artist “Isolation, not solitude, breaks men. If I could not find the means to deal with the isolation, then my options were severely limited. I began to call up memories of places, people, events, food-anything I could do to occupy my mind and remind myself that, even if I was being treated like an animal, I was still a living breathing human being.” Mean Memories Loneliness ♥ 3
Rosanne Cash Singer, Songwriter “I have learned to be steady in my course of love, or fear, or loneliness, rather than impulsive in its wasting, either lyrically or emotionally.” Loneliness I Have Learned Impulsive ♥ 3
Susan Sontag Essayist, Critic, Activist “It's so effortless to let my loneliness defeat me, make me mold myself to whatever would (in some way - but not wholly) relieve it. I must never forget it... I want sensuality and sensitivity, both... Let me never deny that... I want to err on the side of violence and excess, rather than to underfill my moments.” Sides Loneliness Violence ♥ 3
Seth Godin Author, Entrepreneur “We long to connect, all of us. We long to be noticed, to be cared for, to matter. Generosity is the invisible salve on our wound of loneliness, one that benefits both sides, over and over again.” Long Loneliness Generosity ♥ 3
KG Kami Garcia Author “Loneliness is holding the one you love When you know you might never hold him again. Even lost in the darkness My heart will find you The soul die at the hand of the one who carries it. If I could find a place to run away Hidden safely, I would be there today. The darkest daylight finds me.” Heart Running Loneliness ♥ 3
