Quotes Tagged "being-alone"

Autobiography begins with a sense of being alone. It is an orphan form.

Many people seek fellowship because they are afraid to be alone...let him who cannot be alone beware of community. He will do harm to himself and to the community. Alone you stood before God when he called you; alone you had to answer that call; alone you had to struggle and pray; and alone you will die and give an account to God. You cannot escape yourself, for God has singled you out.

I felt I could turn the earth upside down with my littlest finger. I wanted to dance, to fly in the air and kiss the sun and stars with my singing heart. I, alone with myself, was enjoying myself for the first time as with grandest company.

Sometimes being alone makes you discover what you really wanted in life.

The primary distinction of the artist is that he must actively cultivate that state which most men, necessarily, must avoid; the state of being alone.

I only go out to get me a fresh appetite for being alone.

I actually like being alone. I spend most evenings reading and taking long baths.

People used what they called a telephone because they hated being close together and they were scared of being alone.

I got married for the wrong reasons. I was tired of being alone. I have to own that. It was me, not her.

The best part about being alone is that you really don't have to answer to anybody. You do what you want.

I played a lot of dress-up in my room. I really liked being alone. I had a lot of friends, but I had an only-child, live-in-my-head personality.

I'm quite a loner. I realized that I'm very introverted, and I get energy by being alone instead of being with other people.

I absolutely relate to being alone in squalor, trying to come up with something adequate. I relate to that, and I've been known to crawl out of bed and drink out of a 2-liter bottle of Diet Coke.