“My characters are quite as real to me as so-called real people; which is one reason why I'm not subject to what is known as loneliness. I have plenty of company.” PeopleRealReasonCharacterCompanyKnownSubjectsLonelinessPlentyReason Why Author:William S. Burroughs
“A lot of people have said that the main thread in my work is loneliness or just wanting to create a world with someone who doesn't really have much in their life, so maybe I'm looking for someone who's lonely and wants to try to create something with me as a subject for my videos.” PeopleWorldWantTryingSaidSubjectsLonelinessLonelyVideoThread Author:Laurel Nakadate
“Desire, loneliness, wind in the flowering almond— surely these are the great, the inexhaustible subjects to which my predecessors apprenticed themselves. I hear them echo in my own heart, disguised as convention.” HeartDesireMy OwnSubjectsLonelinessWindConventionsEchoesPredecessorsFloweringAlmonds Author:Louise Glück
“When asked "What do we need to learn this for?" any high-school teacher can confidently answer that, regardless of the subject, the knowledge will come in handy once the student hits middle age and starts working crossword puzzles in order to stave off the terrible loneliness.” NeedsAgeSchoolOrderAnswersTeacherMiddleSubjectsLonelinessStudentsTerribleHigh SchoolPuzzlesMiddle AgesHandySchool TeachersCrosswordsHigh School Teachers Book:Me Talk Pretty One Day Source: Me Talk Pretty One Day
“That's the strangest thing about this life, about being in the ministry. People change the subject when they see you coming. And then sometimes those very same people come into your study and tell you the most remarkable things. There's a lot under the surface of life, everyone knows that. A lot of malice and dread and guilt, and so much loneliness, where you wouldn't really expect to find it, either.” PeopleKnowsSometimesStudySubjectsLonelinessGuiltSurfaceThis LifeRemarkableDreadMinistryMalice Book:Gilead: A Novel Source: Gilead: A Novel
“To talk, simply to talk! It sounds so little, and how much it is! When you have existed to the brink of middle age in bitter loneliness, among people to whom your true opinion on every subject on earth is blasphemy, the need to talk is the greatest of all needs.” PeopleNeedsLittlesAgeEarthSoundOpinionMiddleSubjectsLonelinessBitterMiddle AgesBlasphemy Book:Burmese Days Source: Burmese Days
“I don't deliberately look for something dark or bleak or disconnected, in fact that's not something I'm even conscious of in the work as I'm making it. I'm always trying to create beauty, reveal hope, show the sense of longing that exists in isolation and loneliness, and capture the search for something greater inside all of my subjects.” TryingLooksFactsShowsHopeDarkBeautyGreaterSubjectsLonelinessCreatingPhotographyConsciousLongingIsolationCaptureRevealingAlways TryingBleakDisconnectedLoneliness And SolitudeIsolation And Loneliness Author:Gregory Crewdson