“Every loneliness is a pinnacle”
Lonely feeling
Lonely Quotes — page 233 of 309
“and he said her name to fill the space of five years.”
“You don't know how hard I've tried to be left standing all by myself.”
“She did not know what it was about him that had always made her want to see him broken.”
“I know you're no worse than most men but I thought you were better. I never saw you as a man. I saw you as my father.”
“I still feel-kind of temporary about myself.”
“Pop, I'm nothing! I'm nothing, Pop. Can't you understand that? There's no spite in it any more. I'm just what I am, that's all.”
“On general principles, it is best that I should not leave the country. Scotland Yard feels lonely without me, and it causes an unhealthy excitement among the criminal classes.”
“Everything is freedom and everything is loneliness. Make your choice and let the rest fall away.”
“I'm sure there were plenty of loving, attentive mothers in the 'me generation,' but none of them lived at my house.”
“It must be awful to feel you're not needed.”
“Ordinary people don't know how much books can mean to someone who's cooped up.”
“They mustn't know my despair, I can't let them see the wounds which they have caused, I couldn't bear their sympathy and their kind-hearted jokes, it would only make me want to scream all the more. If I talk, everyone thinks I'm showing off; when I'm silent they think I'm ridiculous; rude if I answer, sly if I get a good idea, lazy if I'm tired, selfish if I eat a mouthful more than I should, stupid, cowardly, crafty, etc. etc.”
“I can't help telling you that I've begin to feel deserted.”
“Who knows, perhaps he doesn't care about me at all and look at the others in just the same way.”
“Who else but me is ever going to read these letters?”
“One of the surprises of being a grown-up is embracing the fact that you see your friends when you are both available. It's not like you hang out all the time.... It's just the reality.”
“I never like being touched, ever. People used to say I held my breath when they were hugging me. I still do.”
“The fact is I am not having sex. But I feel absolutely ripe for the, what would you say? plucking?”
“I have men in my life. I have a brother. So Maddox will have male teachers. I was raised without a father.”