Elizabeth Gilbert Quotes

We walk alone through this world, but if we're lucky, we have a moment of belonging to something, to someone, that sustains us through a lifetime of loneliness.

No one can live without friendship, because what would you do all day without friends?

Without friends no one would choose to live, though he had all other goods.

Friendship is the source of the greatest pleasures, and without friends even the most agreeable pursuits become tedious.

Going through life solo isn't very exciting if you can't share it with somebody, you know?

I have always been very interested in the idea of loneliness and the presumption that romantic relationships are supposed to rid you of that.

A person's heart withers if it does not answer another heart.

No one can be happy in eternal solitude.

Each way means loneliness -- and communion.

If we don't have each other, we go crazy with loneliness. When we do, we go crazy with togetherness.

To a heart formed for friendship and affection the charms of solitude are very short-lived.

When I walked into the Christian section of a bookstore, the message was clear: Faith is something you do alone. Rick does not have much tolerance for people living alone. He's like Bill Clinton in that he feels everyone's pain. If Rick thinks somebody is lonely, he can't sleep at night. He wants us all to live with each other and play nice so he can get some rest. Tortured soul.

Trust me on this: no one is better off alone.

Even with one companion ecstasy is almost banished.

The person who tries to live alone will not succeed as a human being. His heart withers if it does not answer another heart. His mind shrinks away if he hears only the echoes of his own thoughts and finds no other inspiration.

You can be much more alone with other people than you are by yourself. Even if it's people you love.

I don't mind being an only child; never have. I am lucky, though, that I have my friend Emily, who grew-up very close to me and so, there is someone I have shared memories with. I would miss that if I didn't have it, I think.

One major challenge within happiness is loneliness. The more I've learned about happiness, the more I've come to believe that loneliness is a terrible, common, and important obstacle to consider.

One's friends are that part of the human race with which one can be human.

I think a lot of guys you see - there seems to be this thing where you can have all the fun in the world, but in the end of the day, there's no one to share it with.

We're born alone, we live alone, we die alone. Only through our love and friendship can we create the illusion for the moment that we're not alone.

We can all understand that feeling of being alone in the world trying to find ways to not be alone.

No one was created to be alone.

I live by myself, so I derive a lot of joy from being with my friends and their families.

I don't want people to be lonely. I would like them to find partners.