loneliness Quotes

If fame belonged to me, I could not escape her; if she did not, the longest day would pass me on the chase, and the approbation of my dog would forsake me then. My barefoot rank is better.

I never had a mother. I suppose a mother is one to whom you hurry when you are troubled.

I'm nobody, who are you?

Space ails us moderns: we are sick with space.

A poem begins as a lump in the throat, a sense of wrong, a homesickness, a lovesickness.

Being the boss anywhere is lonely. Being a female boss in a world of mostly men is especially so.

My friends, there are no friends.

The surest way to be alone is to get married.

When I was little, I knew that I was not adopted, but I actually imagined and hoped that I was - and that my real parents were going to come get me.

I owe my solitude to other people.