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When a man has learned how to remain alone with his suffering, how to overcome his longing to flee, ...

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As a remedy to life in society I would suggest the big city. Nowadays, it is the only desert within ...

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She was waiting, but she didn't know for what. She was aware only of her solitude, and of the penetr...

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Every time a man (myself) gives way to vanity, every time he thinks and lives in order to show off, ...

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How was I able to live alone before, my little everything? Without you I lack self-confidence, passi...

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In spite of language, in spite of intelligence and intuition and sympathy, one can never really comm...

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And whatever troubled him and showed in his face might have been the same old trouble - the problem ...

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If one's different, one's bound to be lonely.

This sometimes happened: from time to time, Dantès, driven out of solitude into the world, felt an i...

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Religion is what an individual does with his solitariness.

And whatever troubled him and showed in his face might have been the same old trouble - the problem ...

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The gift of loneliness is sometimes a radical vision of society or one's people that has not previou...

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You are never alone. You are eternally connected with everyone.

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Amit RayMeditation: Insights and Inspirations

to the glory of His name let me witness that in far away lands, in loneliness (deepest sometimes whe...

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Moon! Moon! I am prone before you. Pity me, and drench me in loneliness.

Our uniqueness makes us special, makes perception valuable - but it can also make us lonely. This lo...

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I am lonely, yet not everybody will do. I don’t know why, some people fill the gaps and others empha...

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She was sewing together the little proofs of his devotion out of which to make a garment for her tat...

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In America the vast spaces accentuate the vast spaces between people, deserts which stretch between ...

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Anaïs NinThe Diary of Anaïs Nin

Am I creating my own isolation? It seems to me that most of my acts are acts of integrity. So much t...

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In other people's company I felt I was dull, gloomy, unwelcome, at once bored and boring...

If you smile when you are alone, then you really mean it.

Wearing an antique bridal gown, the beautiful queen of the vampires sits all alone in her dark, high...

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Of course, the spectacle of two people's happiness is always something of a magnet for the unclaimed...

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But this gives no proper idea of my feelings at all; and no one that has not lived such a retired st...

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Here we go mother on the shipless ocean.Pity us, pity the ocean, here we go.

Loneliness is my least favorite thing about life. The thing that I'm most worried about is just bein...

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It was as if the empty nights were made for thinking of him. And sometimes I found myself so vividly...

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Anne RiceInterview with the Vampire

Oh to have you with me, to have you here, not to be alone, but to be with you, my beauty, you of all...

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There is a horrifying loneliness at work in this time. No, listen to me. We lived six and seven to a...

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One will hate you for taking his life, another will run to excesses that you scorn. A third will eme...

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But to think there was meaning, a scheme to things, well, that was quite beyond her philosophical re...

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She had learnt a painful lesson, she thought – that as they die, the ones we love, we lose our witne...

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Anne RiceThe Witching Hour

exI feel unspeakably lonely. And I feel - drained. It is a blank state of mind and soul I cannot des...

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Anne SextonAnne Sexton: A Self-Portrait in Letters

I feel unspeakably lonely. And I feel - drained. It is a blank state of mind and soul I cannot descr...

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Anne SextonAnne Sexton: A Self-Portrait in Letters

The surest sign of age is loneliness.

I do not know that Lady Glencora's heart was made of that stern stuff which refuses to change its im...

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The more she was absolutely in need of external friendship, the more disposed was she to reject it, ...

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Ivanov: No, my clever young thing, it's not a question of romance. I say as before God that I will e...

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I've never been in love. I've dreamt of it day and night, but my heart is like a fine piano no one c...

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But then there's loneliness. However you might philosophise about it, loneliness is a terrible thing...

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Two possibilities exist: either we are alone in the Universe or we are not. Both are equally terrify...

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I don't know what the hell I'm workin' for. Sometimes I sit in my apartment–all alone. And I think o...

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When the chips are down, you are alone, and loneliness can be terrifying. Fortunately, I've always h...

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When you have nobody you can make a cup of tea for, when nobody needs you, that's when I think life ...

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He would say her name over and over until it devolved into meaningless sounds - mah REI kuh, mah REI...

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Audrey NiffeneggerHer Fearful Symmetry

This is what it means to be alone: everyone is connected to everyone else, their bodies are a bright...

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When we can be alone, we can be with others without using them as an escape.

But many of us seek community solely to escape the fear of being alone. Knowing how to be solitary i...

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Bell hooksAll About Love: New Visions

Isolation and loneliness are central causes of depression and despair.

Love is something far more than desire for sexual intercourse it is the principal means of escape fr...

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Love is something far more than desire for sexual intercourse; it is the principal means of escape f...

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We see, surrounding the narrow raft illuminated by the flickering light of human comradeship, the da...

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Bertrand RussellWhy I Am Not a Christian and Other Essays on Religion and Related Subjects

You know the parlor trick.wrap your arms around your own bodyand from the back it looks likesomeone ...

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With Christ as your Savior and constant Companion, you, although alone, need never be lonely.

I am never lonely when I am reading the Bible. Nothing dissolves loneliness like a session with God’...

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I am never lonely when I am sharing [Christ] with others. There is a great exhilaration in talking t...

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The kind of society we live in can contribute to loneliness. Mobility and constant change tend to ma...

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I am never lonely when I am praying, for this brings me into companionship with the greatest friend ...

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There are thousands of lonely people who carry heavy and difficult burdens of grief, anxiety, pain, ...

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One kind of loneliness is the loneliness of solitude. If you have repented, surrendered, and committ...

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Loneliness is no respecter of persons. It invades the palace as well as the hut.

With Christ as your Savior and constant Companion, you, although alone, need never be lonely.

I am never lonely when I am reading the Bible. Nothing dissolves loneliness like a session with God’...

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I am never lonely when I am sharing [Christ] with others. There is a great exhilaration in talking t...

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The kind of society we live in can contribute to loneliness. Mobility and constant change tend to ma...

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I am never lonely when I am praying, for this brings me into companionship with the greatest friend ...

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There are thousands of lonely people who carry heavy and difficult burdens of grief, anxiety, pain, ...

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One kind of loneliness is the loneliness of solitude. If you have repented, surrendered, and committ...

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Loneliness is no respecter of persons. It invades the palace as well as the hut.

With Christ as your Savior and constant Companion, you, although alone, need never be lonely.

I am never lonely when I am reading the Bible. Nothing dissolves loneliness like a session with God’...

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I am never lonely when I am sharing [Christ] with others. There is a great exhilaration in talking t...

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The kind of society we live in can contribute to loneliness. Mobility and constant change tend to ma...

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I am never lonely when I am praying, for this brings me into companionship with the greatest friend ...

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There are thousands of lonely people who carry heavy and difficult burdens of grief, anxiety, pain, ...

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One kind of loneliness is the loneliness of solitude. If you have repented, surrendered, and committ...

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Loneliness is no respecter of persons. It invades the palace as well as the hut.

I am never lonely when I am reading the Bible. Nothing dissolves loneliness like a session with God’...

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I am never lonely when I am sharing [Christ] with others. There is a great exhilaration in talking t...

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With Christ as your Savior and constant Companion, you, although alone, need never be lonely.

The kind of society we live in can contribute to loneliness. Mobility and constant change tend to ma...

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I am never lonely when I am praying, for this brings me into companionship with the greatest friend ...

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There are thousands of lonely people who carry heavy and difficult burdens of grief, anxiety, pain, ...

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One kind of loneliness is the loneliness of solitude. If you have repented, surrendered, and committ...

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Loneliness is no respecter of persons. It invades the palace as well as the hut.

With Christ as your Savior and constant Companion, you, although alone, need never be lonely.

I am never lonely when I am reading the Bible. Nothing dissolves loneliness like a session with God’...

Show More

I am never lonely when I am sharing [Christ] with others. There is a great exhilaration in talking t...

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The kind of society we live in can contribute to loneliness. Mobility and constant change tend to ma...

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I am never lonely when I am praying, for this brings me into companionship with the greatest friend ...

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There are thousands of lonely people who carry heavy and difficult burdens of grief, anxiety, pain, ...

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One kind of loneliness is the loneliness of solitude. If you have repented, surrendered, and committ...

Show More

Loneliness is no respecter of persons. It invades the palace as well as the hut.

With Christ as your Savior and constant Companion, you, although alone, need never be lonely.

I am never lonely when I am reading the Bible. Nothing dissolves loneliness like a session with God’...

Show More

I am never lonely when I am sharing [Christ] with others. There is a great exhilaration in talking t...

Show More

The kind of society we live in can contribute to loneliness. Mobility and constant change tend to ma...

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I am never lonely when I am praying, for this brings me into companionship with the greatest friend ...

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There are thousands of lonely people who carry heavy and difficult burdens of grief, anxiety, pain, ...

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