Why We’re Fated to be Lonely

FURTHER READING

“There are few more shameful confessions to make than that we are lonely. The basic assumption is that no respectable person could ever feel isolated – unless they had just moved country or been widowed.
Yet in truth, a high degree of loneliness is an inexorable part of being a sensitive, intelligent human. It’s a built-in feature of a complex existence…”

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Jesse Collett

[ligal]

It's crazy how we all feel the same and can relate to eachother yet we feel like no one understands...

[andysterdam]

"Loneliness is a tax we have to pay to atone for a certain complexity of mind."

Bravo. Eminently quotable.

[zainsmith]

“We're born alone, we live alone, we die alone. Only through our love and friendship can we create the illusion for the moment that we're not alone”

[DrWaadAminFitnessNutritionist]

“The irony of loneliness is that we all feel it together” - Rupi Kaur

[ZeroEdge]

When I’m lonely I sometimes wonder if I’m at peace or just hopelessly lost

[brigittesaint-pe]

"I hate these people who deprive me of my loneliness without bringing me company" Irvin David Yalom

[Suku]

"The history of art is the record of people who couldn't find anyone in the vicinity to talk to."
_well said_

[jmanification]

" Enduring loneliness is almost invariably better than suffering the compromise of false community."

[goldminutes]

This made me feel a little less lonely.

[nara]

Anybody who came here to watch this, including me. I just wanna tell you it's okay. I feel scared too.

[ichorous]

"I'm lonely, but everyone is lonely so I know at least I'm not alone"-Eyedea

[onlyonemitch]

I prefer being alone, then surrounded by lots of people who make me FEEL lonely

[mazieferreira]

I'll take loneliness over fakeness every time.

[danacampbell]

Why do we talk about the weather? Sometimes it's all we have in common.

[TheClearLens]

"If you are lonely when you're alone, you are in bad company" Jean-Paul Sartre

[Jane-gilp]

"We appeard on Earth at a different time" that cuts so deep, because it is so true

[PRL]

"Enduring loneliness is almost invariably better than suffering the compromises of forced community. Loneliness is simply a price we may have to pay for holding on to a sincere ambitious view of what companionship must--and could--be."

Wow. So true.

[cosmiccelebrations]

“The history of art is the record of people who couldn’t find anyone in the vicinity to talk to” ♥️

[elfst.]

It’s so funny how we are a lot of people who can understand each other bc maybe we have similar stories but probably we will never meet

[donnaryan]

Loneliness is so painful. Yet I endure it because I have hope. Hope that one day this feeling will pass and I will stop longing for it to pass because I will be content with myself.