Quote by Elizabeth Bowen
Only in a house where one has learnt to be lonely does one have th

Only in a house where one has learnt to be lonely does one have this solicitude for things. Ones relation to them, the daily seeing or touching, begins to become love, and to lay one open to pain. – Elizabeth Bowen

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The best remedy for those who are afraid, lonely or unhappy is to go outside, somewhere where they can be quiet, alone with the heavens, nature and God. Because only then does one feel that all is as it should be and that God wishes to see people happy, amidst the simple beauty of nature. – Anne Frank

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Columbus discovered no isle or key so lonely as himself. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Loneliness breaks the spirit. – Yiddish Proverb

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