Talk:Loneliness

loneliness
solitude is a good place to visit but a bad place to stay. Very true.

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 * Loneliness is a barrier that prevents one from uniting with the inner self.
 * Carl Rogers


 * Loneliness and the feeling of being unwanted is the most terrible poverty.
 * Mother Teresa


 * Don't attach yourself to anyone who shows you the least bit of attention because you're lonely. Loneliness is the human condition. No one is ever going to fill that space.
 * White Oleander by Janet Fitch


 * Loneliness is the human condition. Cultivate it. The way it tunnels into you allows your soul room to grow. Never expect to outgrow loneliness. Never hope to find people who will understand you, someone to fill that space. An intelligent, sensitive person is the exception, the very great exception. If you expect to find people who understand you, you will grow murderous with disappointment. The best you'll ever do is to understand yourself, know what it is that you want, and not let the cattle stand in your way.
 * White Oleander by Janet Fitch


 * At the innermost core of all loneliness is a deep and powerful yearning for union with one's lost self.
 * Brendan Francis


 * When so many are lonely… as seem to be lonely, it would be inexcusably selfish to be lonely alone.
 * Tennessee Williams


 * Music was my refuge. I could crawl into the space between the notes and curl my back to loneliness.
 * Maya Angelou


 * To break the silence the old man said the first thing that came to his mind: "Loneliness is a type of violence."
 * Hiding Out by Jonathan Messinger