Loneliness
Loneliness is a complex and usually unpleasant feeling in which a person feels a strong sense of emptiness and solitude. The causes of loneliness are varied, but it can be affected by social, mental, emotional, and spiritual factors. It is a natural phenomenon, since humans are social creatures by nature. Loneliness has also been described as social pain — a psychological mechanism meant to alert an individual of isolation and motivate him/her to seek social connections.
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Famous quotes containing the word loneliness:
“Do you know why I came to you, Amy? Why I came to be your friend? Because you called to me. Out of your loneliness you called me and brought me into being. And I came, so that your childhood could be bright and full of friendliness. Now you must send me away.... Youll remember me for a while, mourn a little, but then youll forget. And that is as it should be.”
—Dewitt Bodeen (19081988)
“Mans loneliness is but his fear of life.”
—Eugene ONeill (18881953)
“This loneliness is just an exile from God.”
—Anne Sexton (19281974)