Gilbert K. Chesterton Quotes

No one really wants to admit they are lonely, and it is never really addressed very much between friends and family. But I have felt lonely many times in my life.

There are no words to express the abyss between isolation and having one ally. It may be conceded to the mathematician that four is twice two. But two is not twice one; two is two thousand times one.

Honestly, humans are social creatures that really crave intimacy, and I think that the friends I have who are trying to somehow go it alone are suffering for it.

Only solitary men know the full joys of friendship. Others have their family; but to a solitary and an exile his friends are everything.

If you have a friend, things are better than if you didn't have a friend.

Solitude is pleasant. Loneliness is not.

I can go days without meaningful human interaction.

We are all so much together, but we are all dying of loneliness.

I'm perpetually lonely.

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.

Forget sex or politics or religion, loneliness is the subject that clears out a room.

When you have a lot of solitude, any living thing becomes a companion.

I wouldn't like to grow old alone.

It can feel isolating to be a mom. I've been one and felt isolated.

If I've helped fuel the debate on loneliness in some small way, that is wonderful.

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

I've actually read that isolation is the enemy, so why do that to myself?

Far from 'rotting my brain,' as I was often told would happen, TV helped me feel less alone at a time when I spent so much time alone.

Some people don't necessarily have family helping them or anyone, even friends, that care enough to help.

While loneliness has the potential to kill, connection has even more potential to heal.

Everyone's been lonely at some point and in need of a friend.

I never had a lot of friends growing up so having this insane amount of love and support really means a lot to me.

So long as you are secure you will count many friends; if your life becomes clouded you will be alone.

Oh, no, I think I'd die on my own. I'd be so lonely. Even at home, I'm lonely. I sit in my room and sometimes cry. It is so hard to make friends, and there are some things you can't talk to your parents or family about. I sometimes walk around the neighborhood at night, just hoping to find someone to talk to. But I just end up coming home.

Books ain't no good. A guy needs somebody - to be near him. A guy goes nuts if he ain't got nobody.