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“Even the rich aren't often happy. Their wealth is at best only a temporary distraction. It doesn't make them immune to emotional and mental suffering, or to disease and death. They too must deal with loneliness, the deaths of loved ones and the frustrations and boredom of old age.”

Source: Surfing the Himalayas: conversations and travels with Master Fwap

“Terrified of being alone, yet afraid of intimacy, we experience widespread feelings of emptiness, of disconnection, of the unreality of self. And here the computer, a companion without emotional demands, offers a compromise. You can be a loner, but never alone. You can interact, but need never feel vulnerable to another person.”

Source: The Second Self: Computers and the Human Spirit

“To diminish the suffering of pain, we need to make a crucial distinction between the pain of pain, and the pain we create by our thoughts about the pain. Fear, anger, guilt, loneliness and helplessness are all mental and emotional responses that can intensify pain.”

Needs Pain Suffering Loneliness Emotional Buddhism Mindfulness Guilt Response Distinction Crucial Our Thoughts Diminish Helplessness Emotional Response

Author:Howard Cutler

“In fact, numerous scientific laboratory tests and field observations have led to the conclusion that animals are conscious, intelligent, emotional beings. They are not machines and truly feel physical pain when it is inflicted upon them. They are capable of experiencing a wide range of emotions, including loneliness, embarrassment, sadness, longing, depression, anxiety, panic, and fear, as well as joy, relief, surprise, happiness, contentment, and peace.”

“People should be conscious of the large contribution made by anything that gets people together easily in the reduction of loneliness and emotional well-being.”

People Should Wells Made Together Loneliness Emotional Conscious Well Being Contribution Reduction Emotional Well Being

Author:Daniel Kahneman

“Poverty is clearly one source of emotional suffering, but there are others, like loneliness. A policy to reduce the loneliness of the elderly would certainly reduce suffering.”

Suffering Poverty Loneliness Policy Emotional Source Elderly Emotional Suffering

Author:Daniel Kahneman

“Poverty is clearly one source of emotional suffering, but there are others, like loneliness.”

Suffering Poverty Loneliness Emotional Source Emotional Suffering

Author:Nassim Nicholas Taleb

“The confusing lesson whipped Frankie's anger into something she had never felt before. It was like an emotional meringue - the airy feeling of loneliness topped with the hard crisp of injustice. Yet its taste was far from sweet.”

Hard Feelings Felt Loneliness Emotional Sweet Lessons Taste Injustice Confusing Crisps Airy

Book:Monster High

Source: Monster High

“Our society’s failure to recognize and care for the social and emotional well-being of our boys contributes to a nation of young men who navigate adversity and conflict with an incomplete emotional skill set. Whether boys and later men have chosen to resist or conform to this masculine norm, there is loneliness, anxiety, and pain.”

“When children feel understood, their loneliness and hurt diminish. When children are understood, their love for their parent is deepened. A parent's sympathy serves as emotional first aid for bruised feelings. When we genuinely acknowledge a child's plight and voice her disappointment, she often gathers the strength to face reality.”

Feels Firsts Children Feelings Reality Faces Parent Voice Hurt Loneliness Emotional Understood Disappointment Aids Acknowledge Diminish Bruised Plight

Author:Haim Ginott

“Why should I need to be with a man who hurts me?" -Ruth Ezrah”

Sadness Loneliness Emotional Emotional Abuse Toxic Relationships Toxic Love

Book:The Empty Couple: A Thriller

Source: The Empty Couple: A Thriller

“But it feels so cold here without her.”

Loss Grief Sadness Loneliness Emotional Reflection Mourning Emptiness

Book:Adelaide

Source: Adelaide