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  • Ali
    Lead Administrator
    • Apr 2025
    • 82

    Quotes on loneliness and all the feelings it can spark

    No one's experience with loneliness is ever exactly the same, but there is likely a quote somewhere out there that will resonate with you if you're dealing with it.

    One of my favorite quotes about loneliness is:

    There doesn’t have to be loneliness in being alone.

    (Why yes, I'm a Swiftie, why do you ask? LOL!)

    This article offers 87 loneliness quotes that cover just about every emotion associated with it: https://www.rootsofloneliness.com/loneliness-quotes

    Which one(s) speak to you the loudest? Do you have others that aren't included that you'd like to share?
  • SummerDay
    Member
    • Apr 2025
    • 51

    I saw one in my feed recently that was something like, "I prefer loneliness over fake company" and that really summed things up for me.

    But this one from the article: Sometimes I have thought I was lonely and it turned out I was in reality wanting a snack, just like sometimes I have thought I was mad and it turned out I was actually wearing too many sweaters.

    That made me lol.

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    • Wednesday
      Junior Member
      • Apr 2025
      • 16

      I’ve always like the quote that’s says if you’re not good company for yourself, you won’t be good company for anyone else. Self-esteem issues aside, it’s good to work on yourself during those times you’re not surrounded by ppl

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