CURATED COLLECTION

Dealing With Loneliness

Loneliness is one of the most universal human experiences — and one of the least spoken about honestly.

50 quotes found

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There is only one happiness in this life, to love and be loved.

—George SandNovelist

Industrial Age ERA • Western Europe

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I think in one language and I dream in another.

—Abdelkebir KhatibiSociologist, Novelist & Philosopher

Post-War ERA • North Africa

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Loneliness does not come from having no people around, but from being unable to communicate important things.

—Carl JungPsychiatrist

Post-War ERA • Western Europe

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It's a wise girl who knows her own father. It's a wiser one who finds him in her dreams.

—Marilyn MonroeActress

Post-War ERA • North America

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The moon has set and the Pleiades. It is midnight. Time passes. I lie alone.

—SapphoLyric Poet

Ancient World ERA • Southern Europe

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What a wonderful life I've had! I only wish I'd realized it sooner.

—ColetteNovelist

Early Modern ERA • Western Europe

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Home is where the heart is. I never had a home where my heart was.

—Sandra CisnerosAuthor

Digital Age ERA • North America

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The road is hard. The road is long. Where will my heart find rest?

—Du FuPoet & Sage

Medieval ERA • East Asia

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I, Hassan the son of Mohammed, call myself a wanderer and a stranger to all races.

—Leo AfricanusDiplomat & Author

Renaissance ERA • North Africa

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The empty mountain, no one is seen, yet human voices are heard.

—Wang WeiPoet & Painter

Medieval ERA • East Asia

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Midway upon the journey of our life I found myself within a forest dark.

—Dante AlighieriPoet & Author

Medieval ERA • Southern Europe

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Exile is a way of life, a choice made by many.

—Nuruddin FarahNovelist

Late Modern ERA • East Africa

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Bright moonlight before my bed: I thought it was frost on the ground.

—Li BaiPoet

Medieval ERA • East Asia

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The deepest loneliness is not found in solitude, but within a indifferent crowd.

—Carmen NaranjoPoet & Novelist

Post-War ERA • Central America

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Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there, wondering, fearing, doubting, dreaming dreams.

—Edgar Allan PoePoet & Writer

Industrial Age ERA • North America

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Live the questions now. Perhaps then, someday far in the future, you will gradually live your way into the answers.

—Rainer Maria RilkePoet

Industrial Age ERA • Western Europe

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A career is wonderful, but you can't curl up with it on a cold night.

—Marilyn MonroeActress

Post-War ERA • North America

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Loneliness is not a punishment. It can be a home.

—Lya LuftNovelist & Poet

Late Modern ERA • Latin America

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Sometimes I think freedom is just another word for loneliness.

—Jenny ZhangPoet & Writer

Digital Age ERA • East Asia

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The heart has its reasons which reason knows nothing of.

—Blaise PascalMathematician, Physicist & Philosopher

Renaissance ERA • Western Europe

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