#lonely

The lonely wanderer, who watches by the seashore the waves that roll between him and his home, talks of cruel facts, material barriers that, just because they are material, and not ideal, shall be the irresistible foes of his longing heart. ↗

— Josiah Royce

#because #between #cruel #facts #foes

How lonely it is going to be now on the Yellow Brick Road. ↗

— Ray Bolger

#going #how #lonely #now #road

A slug is always on its own. It's a lonely insect. ↗

— Karl Pilkington

#insect #lonely #own #slug

When I was younger, many of my romantic escapades were just a means of simply avoiding being by myself. I was afraid of feeling lonely, afraid I wouldn't know what to say to myself. ↗

— Michael Zaslow

#avoiding #being #feeling #i #just

Should you ever feel too lonely...listen for the roar of the sea- for in it are all those who've been and all those who are to come. ↗

— Simon Van Booy

#death #lonely #ocean #death

A dead dog is more quiet than a house on the steppes, a chair in a empty room. ↗

— Per Petterson

#dogs #emptyness #lonely #sad #silence

She didn't want to have anything to do with the party. She was tired of feeling like she didn't fit in, but she didn't want to go home, either, because she was a tired of being lonely and she was a little drunk. ↗

— Candace Bushnell

#dating #life #lonely #party #single

When you're alone and you feel sad, try reading a book. Try touching someone's heart. Try to imagine what they were thinking, what they wanted to convey. If you do that, you might get something amazing. ↗

— Mizuki Nomura

#lonely #lost #sad #imagination

Miss Abigail, I want to be an author because writers know when a person is lonely. I mean, when Molly read me some books, those writers reached out and said, Look Gideon, we know about your loneliness and we know you're feeling downtrodden. And they said...I'll stand up for you. You're not lone anymore. ↗

— Leon Uris

#inspirational #lonely #writing #inspirational

They don't know those places in me. Only he does. Only he has seen the darkness inside of me and turns into love and light. ↗

— Tara Brown

#lonely #love #love