“Loneliness isn't about being by yourself. That's fine, right and good, desirable in many ways. Loneliness is about finding a landing-place, or not, and knowing that, whatever you do, you can go back there. The opposite of loneliness isn't company, it's return. A place to return.” WayCompanyKnowingLonelinessFineReturnFindingsOppositesBeing YourselfDesirableLanding Author:Jeanette Winterson
“for many people, loneliness was an experience of time. 'Not knowing what to do with yourself' was the way it was usually put.” PeopleWayKnowingLonelinessNot KnowingKnowing What To Do Book:Alone in America: the search for companionship Source: Alone in America: the search for companionship
“Krys Lee has written a book of unforgettable stories, each one building on the other to create a complex, moving portrait of contemporary Korea and its diaspora. She guides us surely through the fallout of war, immigration, and financial crisis, always alert to the possibility of tenderness, transcendence, and even humor along the way. Lee is a writer who really understands loneliness, but her voice is so appealing, and her perceptions so wise, that we feel all the less lonely for knowing her characters and experiencing their lives.” WayFeelsBookWarCharacterStoriesMovingVoiceKnowingWiseWrittenLonelinessPossibilityBuildingPerceptionLonelyCrisisComplexesFinancialGuidesImmigrationContemporaryTendernessPortraitsTranscendenceKoreaFinancial CrisisUnforgettableDiasporaFallouts Author:Sarah Shun-lien Bynum
“I began to paint again, even though I could barely hold the brush, but knowing exactly what I wanted to paint, I began three more large canvases... of large wheat fields under cloudy skies, and it did not take a great deal to express sadness and loneliness... I believe these paintings say what words cannot.” BelieveWantedThreeI BelieveDealsKnowingSadnessSkyLonelinessFieldsPaintingPaintBrushesWheatCloudyWheat FieldsCloudy SkiesSadness And Loneliness Author:Vincent Van Gogh
“The numbing mind-ream of knowing you're alone not because people won't accept you but because you find so little worth accepting. An imposed solitude is better than simply tolerating your company in waiting for something better. So loneliness is not such a terrible thing when you consider that the alternative to thought provoking solace is to be surrounded only by remindings of why that solitude is preferable.” PeopleMindLittlesWaitingCompanyAcceptingKnowingLonelinessTerribleSolitudeAlternativesThought ProvokingProvokingTerrible ThingsSomething BetterSolaceRemindingNumbingWaiting For Something Author:Jhonen Vasquez
“What we don't let out traps us. We think, No one else feels this way, I must be crazy. So we don't say anything. And we become enveloped by a deep loneliness, not knowing where our feelings come from or what to do with them. Why do I feel this way?” ThinkingWayInspirationalFeelsFeelingsKnowingCrazyLonelinessNot KnowingTrapsSay AnythingBeing AloneBeing Crazy Author:Sabrina Ward Harrison
“Knowing how to be solitary is central to the art of loving. When we can be alone, we can be with others without using them as a means of escape.” LoveLifeMeanArtKnowingLonelinessSolitudeLonelyMeaningfulSolitarySelf CareBeing AloneEscapingPeople In Your LifeLoneliness And SolitudeArt Of Loving Author:Bell Hooks
“We remember what it was like to meet someone new. We remember what it was like to grant someone possibility. You look out from your own world and then you step into his, not really knowing what you’ll find there, but hoping it will be something good. Both Ryan and Avery are doing this. You step into his world and you don’t even realize your loneliness is missing. You’ve left it behind, and you don’t notice because you have no desire to turn back.” WorldLooksRememberDesireTurnsLeftRealizingBehindsStepsKnowingMissingLonelinessPossibilityGrants Book:Two Boys Kissing Source: Two Boys Kissing
“Loneliness is the inability to share your story, your Unique Self story. For most people, the move beyond loneliness requires us to share our story with a significant other. For the spiritual elite, the receiving of our own story - and the knowing that it is an integral part of the larger story of All-That-Is - is enough. But for most human beings, loneliness is transcended through contact with another person.” PeopleHumansPersonsSelfEnoughStoriesSpiritualMovingHuman BeingsKnowingShareLonelinessUniqueSignificantContactElitesReceivingInabilitySignificant OtherUnique Self Author:Marc Gafni