Lonely People Quotes - Page 2

• My first job was in a nursing home - a terrible place in retrospect. It was in an old house, and the residents were so lonely. People rarely visited them. I only stayed there a couple of months, but it made a strong impression on me.

  Kim Edwards

  Lonely, Strong, Jobs

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• New York is tough on lonely people.

  Michael Bergin

  Lonely, New York, People

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• Lonely people keep up a ceaseless flow of commentary on themselves.

  Mason Cooley

  Lonely, People, Flow

  "City Aphorisms: First Selection". Book by Mason Cooley, 1984.

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• Alone, lonely people talk to themselves. In company, they often continue.

  Mason Cooley

  Lonely, People, Company

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• I have seen lonely people of advancing age, yet as constant as angels, keeping faith to those they loved who fell in wars that current generations, not having known them, cannot even forget. The sight of them moving hesitantly among the tablets and crosses is enough to break your heart.

  Mark Helprin

  Lonely, War, Moving

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• I think it's a fascinating thing to see how lonely people are in this world and what they're looking for. It's a universal concept. So, it's something that interests me and I'll probably revisit it if I get the chance to do the child soldier film because I think it's one of the most important scripts I've written. It's just too dark to do as a film right now. I need to do something a bit different.

  Cary Fukunaga

  Lonely, Children, Dark

  Source: www.indielondon.co.uk

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• The self-prepared dinner is a great time killer for lonely people and as much time should be spent on it as possible.

  Steve Martin

  Lonely, Self, People

  Steve Martin (2001). “Shopgirl”, Wheeler Pub Incorporated

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• That’s why; he’s worried about how his life is turning out, and he’s lonely, and lonely people are the bitterest of them all

  Nick Hornby

  Lonely, People, Life Is

  Nick Hornby (1996). “High Fidelity”, p.162, Penguin

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• Oh that's lovely," said Bunny. "Olive, you've got a date." "Why would you say something so foolish?" Olive asked, really annoyed. "We're two lonely people having supper." "Exactly," said Bunny. "That's a date.

  Elizabeth Strout

  Lonely, Two, People

  Elizabeth Strout (2008). “Olive Kitteridge: Fiction”, p.259, Random House

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• It is also the pardonable vanity of lonely people everywhere to assume that they have no counterparts.

  John le Carre

  Lonely, Vanity, People

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• Lonely people have enthusiasms which cannot always be explained. When something strikes them as funny, the intensity and length of their laughter mirrors the depth of their loneliness, and they are capable of laughing like hyenas. When something touches their emotions, it runs through them like Paul Revere, awakening feelings that gather into great armies.

  Mark Helprin

  Running, Lonely, Laughter

  Mark Helprin (1989). “Winter's Tale”, Pocket Books

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• So it is that Lonely Places attract as many lonely people as they produce, and the loneliness we see in them is partly in ourselves.

  Pico Iyer

  Lonely, Loneliness, People

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• I think bullies are very lonely people. I always tell teenagers not to bully others because it's unacceptable. We need to teach students to value themselves and to not put others down.

  Nick Vujicic

  Lonely, Teenager, Thinking

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