What loneliness is more lonely than distrust?

— George Eliot [pen name of Mary Ann Evans], English novelist, 1819-1880

Nothing makes us so lonely as our secrets.

— Paul Tournier, Swiss physician and author, 1898-1986

Man’s loneliness is but his fear of life.

— Eugene O’Neill, U.S. playwright and Nobel Laureate in Literature, 1888-1953

Loneliness is the ultimate poverty.

— Abigail Van Buren, U.S. advice columnist and radio show host who began the Dear Abby column in 1956 which became the most widely syndicated newspaper column in the world, 1918-2013

The worst loneliness is not to be comfortable with yourself.

— Mark Twain, U.S. writer, humorist, entrepreneur, publisher, and lecturer, 1835-1910
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