I am a lover without a lover. I am lovely and lonely and I belong deeply to myself.

Warsan Shire

Ordinary men hate solitude. But the master makes use of it, embracing his aloneness, realizing he is one with the whole universe.

Lao Tzu

The worst part of holding the memories is not the pain. It's the loneliness of it. Memories need to be shared.

Lois Lowry

Perhaps only those people who are capable of real togetherness have that look of being alone in the world.

D. H. Lawrence

I owe everything that I have done to the fact that I am very much at ease being alone.

Marilynne Robinson

Night - the quiet of solitude - the silence of loneliness.

Terri Guillemets