“And I was to find out then, as I found out so many times, over and over again, that women especially are social beings, who are not content with just husband and family, but must have a community, a group, an exchange with others. A child is not enough. A husband and children, no matter how busy one may be kept by them, are not enough. Young and old, even in the busiest years of our lives, we women especially are victims of the long loneliness.” YearsMayChildrenLongMatterEnoughYoungFoundSocialWomenCommunityOur LivesGroupsLonelinessHusbandVictimBusyYoung And OldSocial Being Author:Dorothy Day
“Single people slip out of the dating market for many social, economic, psychological, and ideological reasons including marriage, illness, bankruptcy, job promotion, exhaustion, and common sense. Inevitably, however, they return because of divorce, boredom, loneliness, and memory loss.” PeopleReasonJobsSocialMemoriesLossCommonEconomicLonelinessReturnDatingIncludingIllnessDivorceCommon SensePsychologicalBoredomSlipsPromotionIdeologicalExhaustionBankruptcyMemory LossSingle People Author:Linda Sunshine
“Fitzgerald describes the social disillusionments and ballroom romanticism of the young people of the upper classes and the loneliness of Gatsby, who gives large parties and has an extensive social life; yet he is lonely, and his guests scarcely know him.... Hemingway's characters live in a tourist world, and one of their major problems is that of consuming time itself. It is interesting to observe that his works are written from the stand point of the spectator. His characters are usually people who are looking--looking at bullfights, scenery, and at one another across cafe tables.” PeopleKnowsWorldGivingCharacterProblemYoungSocialInterestingPartyClassWrittenLonelinessMajorsLonelyTablesGuestsSpectatorsConsumingTouristsSocial LifeRomanticismSceneryDisillusionmentCafesUpper ClassBallroomMajor Problems Author:James T. Farrell
“One ought to love society, if he wishes to enjoy solitude. It is a social nature that solitude works upon with the most various power. If one is misanthropic, and betakes himself to loneliness that he may get away from hateful things, solitude is a silent emptiness to him.” IfsMayWishSocialEnjoyLonelinessOughtSolitudeSilentVariousEmptinessGet AwayHatefulMisanthropic Author:Johann Georg Ritter von Zimmermann
“For all the advances in technology, science and communications, there are signs that we are failing in areas where it matters most: our personal relationships and society in general. The atomisation of society evidenced by the startling increase in recent decades of single person households and the identification of loneliness and isolation as one of our most pressing new social problems, should give us cause for concern.” GivingShouldPersonsMatterProblemSocialCausesTechnologyFailingLonelinessCommunicationAreasConcernIncreaseDecadesIsolationHouseholdIdentificationSingle PersonPersonal RelationshipsSocial Problems Author:Cory Bernardi
“What is the emotion of an empty inbox? An unliked Post? An ignored dating app message? I think there's a great loneliness that much of our society is running from, and we search for relief in our phones and computers, our online communities, our social networks of friends.” ThinkingRunningSocialCommunityEmotionLonelinessComputerMessagesEmptyDatingPhonesPostsReliefOur SocietyOnlineIgnoredSocial NetworkAppsInbox Author:Alexander Weinstein
“A blank wall of social and professional antagonism faces the woman physician that forms a situation of singular and painful loneliness, leaving her without support, respect or professional counsel.” FacesFormSocialSituationSupportLonelinessWallLeavingPainfulBlankPhysiciansAntagonism Author:Elizabeth Blackwell
“Manliness consists not in bluff, bravado or loneliness. It consists in daring to do the right thing and facing consequences whether it is in matters social, political or other. It consists in deeds not words.” MatterCharacterSpiritualPoliticalSocialLonelinessConsequenceDeedsRight ThingDaringMasculinityPersonal ResponsibilityManlinessBluffsBravadoDeeds Not Words Author:Mahatma Gandhi
“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.” MenWellsCarePainYoungNationsSocialBoysLonelinessEmotionalSkillsConflictAnxietyAdversityChosenWell BeingYoung ManOur SocietyConformNormMasculineIncompleteNavigateEmotional Well Being Author:Jennifer Siebel Newsom
“Aging has its own beauty. It is a beautiful stage for doing inner work. You have a chance to not be so dependent on social approval. You can be a little more eccentric. You can be more alone. And you can examine loneliness and boredom instead of being afraid of them. There is such an art and a possibility of aging.” LittlesArtBeautifulSocialChanceStageLonelinessPossibilityAgingBoredomDependentApprovalEccentricBeing Afraid Author:Ram Dass
“Keep in mind that to avoid loneliness, many people need both a social circle and an intimate attachment. Having just one of two may still leave you feeling lonely.” PeopleNeedsMindMayStillsTwoFeelingsSocialLonelinessLonelyCirclesIntimateJust OneAttachmentFeeling Lonely Author:Gretchen Rubin