53 Quotes About Alone-but-not-lonely

There is lonely, and there is alone time. I have found that both have etched character upon my soul.

You forget this from time to time, Molly, but you are not alone. I am here. Your family is here. [...] Not every responsibility is yours.

People would rather live in a community with unreasonable claims, than face loneliness with their truth

We do spend a lot of time together. It’s not that easy though. When everyone has so many walls, so many defenses, sometimes you can feel lonely even when you’re all in the same room. But it’s better than the alternative and at least none of us are suffering alone.

To the loner, loneliness is a treasure that cannot be traded, even for the nicest of companies.

Loneliness is a journey we have to walk alone. Our inner disconnection cannot be resolvedby external connections.

I think a person needs to learn from childhood to find himself alone. It means to not be bored when you’re by yourself, because a person who finds himself bored when alone – as it seems to me – is in danger.

Did he understand, as those interminable minutes ticked by, that being alone is not the same as being lonely? That being alone is neutral state; [...]. Is it possible? That which is around me does not affect my mood; my mood affects that which is around me. Is it true? Could Denny have possibly appreciated the subjective nature of loneliness, which is something that exists only in the mind, not in the world, and, like a virus, is unable to survive without a willing host?

We might be all alone in the world, en effet, but that doesn't mean we have to be lonely.