I say the loudest in the room
Is prolly the loneliest one in the room
Category: LONELINESS & SOLITUDE
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“What I’ve realized in my limited time on this planet is that we are often hurt and lonesome and scared — but we find true happiness when we are connecting to people, losing ourselves in new experiences, and, of course, eating. And we are never more open to these possibilities as when we are somewhere unfamiliar, when someone’s inviting smile or favorite dish acts as the bridge between what you don’t know and what you’re about to find out.”
—Eric Goldschein, Anthony Bourdain And The Painful Joy Of Travel Life -
“Sometimes all you need to do to cure your loneliness is to give yourself permission to enjoy the distinct pleasures of solitude.”
—Ben Fishel -
“For a lonely person crowds will often serve to amplify, not decrease, the loneliness.”
—Eric Hyde -
“The tweaking of us by God in the quiet is the saving of us in public.”
—Lysa TerKeurst, Uninvited: Living Loved When You Feel Less Than, Left Out, and Lonely -
But loneliness in marriage can be bitter. Caroline, now 47 and a successful writer, was married for 12 years to a man who, though never cruel, felt increasingly absent. “He was very gregarious,” she says, “always the life and soul of the party, but really very insecure. When we were alone, he would disappear into himself. He didn’t really either talk or listen. There was nothing I could put my finger on, but in a way that was the trouble: there was nothing.”
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As an introvert, living alone was the best decision I made. As a depressed person, living alone was the worst decision I made.
Just Shower Thoughts -
“Unless you first live a good life with people, you will not be able to live a good life alone either.”
—Abba Lucius -
“Being alone never felt right. Sometimes it felt good, but it never felt right.”
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“Language has created the word ‘loneliness’ to express the pain of being alone. And it has created the word ‘solitude’ to express the glory of being alone.”
SO GOOD QUOTES 