“But I must admit I miss you quite terribly. The world is too quiet without you nearby. I go to bed early and rise late and I feel as if I have hardly slept.”— Lemony Snicket, amazon.com
“I swear I only want to hear about you, to know what you've been doing. It's a hundred years since we've met―it may be another hundred before we meet again.”— Edith Wharton,, amazon.com
“The next time he calls you late at night, when he's probably feeling lonely, keep in mind all those nights you felt lonely. Keep in mind all those nights he left you hanging.”— Quotes | V, instagram.com
“Introverts don't get lonely if they don't socialize with a lot of people, but we do get lonely if we don't have intimate interactions on a regular basis.”— Sophia Dembling, amazon.com
“I couldn’t see the point of getting up. I had nothing to look forward to.”— Sylvia Plath, amazon.com
“Finally, she said: ‘I’m lonely’ — it’s weird but you tell the wolves things, sometimes. You can’t help it, all these old wounds come open and suddenly you’re confessing to a wolf who never says anything back. She said: 'I’m lonely,’ and they ate her in the street.”— Catherynne M. Valente, fantasy-magazine.com
“I have a very childlike rage, and a very childlike loneliness.”— Richey Edwards, articles.richeyedwards.net
“Lonely people tend, rather, to be lonely because they decline to bear the psychic costs of being around other humans. They are allergic to people. People affect them too strongly.”— David Foster Wallace, amazon.com
“You'll end up living a lonely life if you're waiting around for perfect.”— Samantha Young, amazon.com
“I’m a little wounded, but I am not slain; I will lay me down to bleed a while. Then I’ll rise and fight again.”— John Dryden, goodreads.com