Quotes about lone
lonely men firsts
The first man to see an illusion by which men have flourished for centuries surely stands in a lonely place. Gary Zukav
loneliness reflection ability
Loneliness is a prerequisite for freedom. Freedom depends on the ability to reflect, and reflection can only begin when one is alone. Gao Xingjian
loneliness men ongoing
You can have everything in the world and still be the loneliest man. And that is the most bitter type of loneliness, success has brought me world idolisation and millions of pounds. But it's prevented me from having the one thing we all need: A loving, ongoing relationship. Freddie Mercury
lonely awful imagine
Can you imagine how terrible it is when you've got everything and you're still desperately lonely? That is awful beyond words.
lonely sarcasm self
By rights, satire is a lonely and introspective occupation, for nobody can describe a fool to the life without much patient self-inspection.
lonely innovation way
Leading innovation can be a uniquely lonely and unpopular thing because most of the time, you have to stand by yourself saying, "Everybody sees the world this way. I see the world another way." Christopher Galvin
lonely being-single bored
You could be married and bored or single and lonely. Ain't no happiness nowhere. Chris Rock
lonely comedian comedy
A comedian has to live in his head. All this comedy comes from a lonely place. When you're surrounded by an entourage, you're not living in your head.
lonely clouds stones
It's a vast, lonely, forbidding expanse of nothing rather like clouds and clouds of pumice stone. And it certainly does not appear to be a very inviting place to live or work. Frank Borman
lonely memories home
The few surviving Armenians no longer ask to go home. They do not ask for restitution. They ask simply to have the memory of their obliteration acknowledged. It is a moral obsession, the lonely legacy passed onto the third and fourth generation who no longer speak Armenian but who carry within them the seeds of resentment that will not be quashed. Chris Hedges
lonely being-single thinking
The trouble is not really in being alone, it's being lonely. One can be lonely in the midst of a crowd, don't you think? Christine Feehan
lonely depressing writing
You have to stick to what you love, as writing is such a lonely and depressing existence... stick to what you love and someone will hear your voice. Chris Terrio
lonely men bitter
I'm very happy and lonely single old man - and bitter. Chris Kirkpatrick
loneliness fighting against-love
I had traded the fight against love for the fight against loneliness, the fight against life for the fight against death. F. Scott Fitzgerald
loneliness people ego
It was as if for the remainder of his life he was condemned to carry with him the egos of certain people, early met and early loved, and to be only as complete as they were complete themselves. There was some element of loneliness involved--so easy to be loved--so hard to love.
loneliness people used
People living alone get used to loneliness.
lonely children ambition
I had the lonely child's habit of making up stories and holding conversations with imaginary persons, and I think from the very start my literary ambitions were mixed up with the feeling of being isolated and undervalued. I knew that I had a facility with words and a power of facing unpleasant facts, and I felt that this created a sort of private world in which I could get my own back for my failure in everyday life. George Orwell
loneliness memorable two
For a second, two seconds, they had exchanged an equivocal glance, and that was the end of the story. But even that was a memorable event, in the locked loneliness in which one had to live.
lonely defeat oneself
One defeats a fanatic precisely by not being a fanatic oneself, but on the contrary by using one's intelligence.
loneliness people age
To talk, simply to talk! It sounds so little, and how much it is! When you have existed to the brink of middle age in bitter loneliness, among people to whom your true opinion on every subject on earth is blasphemy, the need to talk is the greatest of all needs.
lonely ghost
He was a lonely ghost uttering a truth that nobody would ever hear.
lonely blessed grateful
May you be for ever blessed for that moment of bliss and happiness which you gave to another lonely and grateful heart. Isn't such a moment sufficient for the whole of one's life? Fyodor Dostoevsky
loneliness believe men
Believe to the end, even if all men went astray and you were left the only one faithful; bring your offering even then and praise God in your loneliness.
loneliness solitude delight
He who delights in solitude is either a wild beast or a god. Friedrich Nietzsche
lonely loneliness crowds
In loneliness, the lonely one eats himself; in a crowd, the many eat him. Now choose.
loneliness solitude one-thing
Loneliness is one thing, solitude another.
loneliness excellence property
Those whom the gods chose as their property must not consort with mortals. Franz Grillparzer
lonely drama acceptance
I know our feelings can be so unbearable that we employ ingenious strategies – unconscious strategies – to keep those feelings away. We do a feelings-swap, where we avoid feeling sad or lonely or afraid or inadequate, and feel angry instead. It can work the other way, too – sometimes you do need to feel angry, not inadequate; sometimes you do need to feel love and acceptance, and not the tragic drama of your life. It takes courage to feel the feeling – and not trade it on the feelings-exchange, or even transfer it altogether to another person. Jeanette Winterson
lonely feelings feeling-sad
Trust Me. Life is not worth living feeling sad and down and lonely. Always be true to who you are. Jessie J
loneliness talking secret
The best antidote for loneliness, hopelessness, and fear is vulnerability: sharing your secrets and talking about what shames you, what you fear. Jewel
loneliness being-alone gathering
Gatherings and, simultaneously, loneliness are the conditions of a writer's life. Jerzy Kosinski
lonely space empty
Whoever reflects recognizes that there are empty and lonely spaces between one’s experiences. Jerome Bruner
loneliness married
married was the loneliest I got - being without the one you're with. Jennifer Stone