Quotes about lone
lonely art past
Too often in the past, we have thought of the artist as an idler and dilettante and of the lover of arts as somehow sissy and effete. We have done both an injustice. The life of the artist is, in relation to his work, stern and lonely. He has labored hard, often amid deprivation, to perfect his skill. He has turned aside from quick success in order to strip his vision of everything secondary or cheapening. His working life is marked by intense application and intense discipline. John F. Kennedy
lonely blue without-you
but i know blue only blue lonely blue without you Jonathan Larson
loneliness resentment companion
To the resentment that hides inside love, to the loneliness that hides among companions. Jonathan Lethem
loneliness writing years
Mr. Franzen said he and Mr. Wallace, over years of letters and conversations about the ethical role of the novelist, had come to the joint conclusion that the purpose of writing fiction was “a way out of loneliness.” (NY Times article on the memorial service of David Foster Wallace.) Jonathan Franzen
loneliness solitude needs
Readers and writers are united in their need for solitude, in their pursuit of substance in a time of ever-increasing evanescence: in their reach inward, via print, for a way out of loneliness.
lonely loneliness thinking
I didn't think I was in a morbid mood, but it appears I am. My mind goes round and round trying to figure things out, but I always come back to the same two things: Loneliness and Death. Life ends before we figure anything out, most importantly how not to be lonely. Solitude is fine. But feeling like you have no one to love - abject lonliness - is not alright. Jonathan Ames
lonely feelings acting
I was aware that I was acting atrociously but I couldn't stop myself. Rarely had I behaved in such a manner. But I guess when we're feeling lonely in life, we attack those who actually do love us. It's one of the things that characterizes human nature and can be summed up in one word: FLAWED.
loneliness self devil
Loneliness is dangerous ... because if aloneness does not lead to God, it leads to the devil. It leads to the self. Joyce Carol Oates
loneliness writing hazards
Writing is a solitary occupation, and one of its hazards is loneliness. But an advantage of loneliness is privacy, autonomy and freedom.
loneliness realizing hungry
Loneliness is like starvation: you don't realize how hungry you are until you begin to eat.
lonely kids mia
Experiencing those moments of being alone... is a very, very weird flooring and exposing position to be in when you're just not used to it... But I've never been lonely. And with my kids Mia and Joe that remains the case. Kate Winslet
loneliness solitude conundrums
Ursula craved solitude but she hated loneliness, a conundrum that she couldn’t even begin to solve. Kate Atkinson
lonely emo kids
No matter how much you care about a person, you have to be able to know that you can sit down at night and be happy with who you are without that person. That's really hard when you're a lonely emo kid. Justin Vernon
lonely character writing
I'm never lonely when I'm writing, because you live with the characters that are so alive in your mind. And you really see them and know them and get to be friends with them. Julie Andrews
lonely eye tears
It made her eyes fill up with tears, and she for a few more minutes starting it over, replaying it, watching his lips say the words: "We can be lonely together. Rachel Caine
lonely together
We can be lonely together
lonely like-being-alone being-lonely
You're only lonely if you're not there for you. Phil McGraw
loneliness love-you two
I must conquer my loneliness alone. I must be happy with myself or I have nothing to offer you. Two halves have little choice but to join; and yes, they do make a whole. But two wholes when they coincide... that is beauty. That is love.... Peter McWilliams
loneliness darkness tears
We are called to love even in the loneliness, worship even in the tears and follow even in the darkness. Pete Wilson
lonely church-bells judging
Young and old will sit and judge unfeeling, while the empty churches' bells are pealing. And the green hills lay ignored, untended, lonely watchers remain unbefriended. Pete Townshend
lonely simple giving
We're living at a time when attention is the new currency We're all publishers now, and the more we publish, the more valuable connections we'll make. Twitter, Facebook, Flickr, Foursquare, Fitbit and the SenseCam give us a simple choice: participate or fade into a lonely obscurity. Pete Cashmore
loneliness anxiety doubt
You were my hope during my days of loneliness, my anxiety during moments of doubt, my certainty during moments of faith. Paulo Coelho
loneliness stronger trying
I've noticed that loneliness gets stronger when we try to face it down, but gets weaker when we simply ignore it.
loneliness selfishness torture
And because of our selfishness, we will be condemned to the worst torture humankind ever invented for itself: loneliness.
loneliness lying sky
And if I'm alone in bed, I will go to the window, look up at the sky, and feel certain that loneliness is a lie, because the Universe is there to keep me company.
loneliness purpose purpose-of-life
Loneliness, when accepted, becomes a gift that will lead us to find a purpose in life.
loneliness years two
Human beings can withstand a week without water, two weeks without food, many years of homelessness, but not loneliness. It is the worst of all tortures, the worst of all sufferings.
lonely jobs writing
Writing is an incredibly lonely job. R. A. Salvatore
lonely morning rain
It's 2 o'clock in the morning and I just can't sleep Outside the rain is pourin', I'm lonely as can be Maybe 2night'll be different than the nights before I need 2 feel someone beside me, I can't be alone no more Prince
lonely shy wavelength
Lonely Places, then are the places that are not on international wavelengths, do not know how to carry themselves, are lost when it comes to visitors. They are shy, defensive, curious places; places that do not know how they are supposed to behave. Pico Iyer
lonely loneliness people
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.
lonely angel justice
Love was compressed for all history in that lonely figure on the cross, who said that he could call down angels at any moment on a rescue mission, but chose not to - because of us. At Calvary, God accepted his own unbreakable terms of justice. Philip Yancey
lonely pain love-you
To some, the image of a pale body glimmering on a dark night whispers of defeat. What good is a God who does not control his Son's suffering? But another sound can be heard: the shout of a God crying out to human beings, "I LOVE YOU." Love was compressed for all history in that lonely figure on the cross, who said that he could call down angels at any moment on a rescue mission, but chose not to - because of us. At Calvary, God accepted his own unbreakable terms of justice. Any discussion of how pain and suffering fit into God's scheme ultimately leads back to the cross.