Quotes about lone
loneliness writing night
My greatest affliction... is perhaps the major theme of my writings, the affliction of loneliness that follows me like a shadow, a very ponderous shadow too heavy to drag after me all of my days and nights. Tennessee Williams
lonely loneliness being-alone
We are all sentenced to solitary confinement inside our own skins, for life. Tennessee Williams
lonely loneliness selfish
When so many are lonely as seem to be lonely, it would be inexcusably selfish to be lonely alone. Tennessee Williams
lonely morning lying
Always give a word or a sign of salute when meeting or passing a friend,even a stranger, when in a lonely place. Show respect to all people and grovel to none. When you arise in the morning give thanks for the food and for the joy of living. If you see no reason for giving thanks, the fault lies only in yourself... Tecumseh
lonely medicine giving
Always give a word or sign of salute when meeting or passing a friend, or even a stranger, if in a lonely place. Tecumseh
lonely jobs writing
Honestly, I find writing to be a very lonely job. Randeep Hooda
lonely loneliness keys
Columbus discovered no isle or key so lonely as himself. Ralph Waldo Emerson
lonely people share
Success is nothing if you don't have the right people to share it with; you're just gonna end up lonely. Selena Gomez
lonely love-you giving
LA's a very hard place to be unless you have people there that love you. It can be very, very lonely, and it can eat you up if you don't take care of yourself. In LA, nobody wants to talk to each other, everybody's giving each other catty looks. Scarlett Johansson
loneliness believe love-is
People claim that love is the deepest feeling, but don't you believe it. Loneliness is the most affecting of human emotions. Nothing makes life more vivid. If you wish to live in the moment, I recommend intense loneliness. Seth
loneliness ambition pride
The loved object is simply one that has shared an experience at the same moment of time, narcissistically; and the desire to be near the beloved object is at first not due to the idea of possessing it, but simply to let the two experiences compare themselves, like reflections in different mirrors. All this may precede the first look, kiss, or touch; precede ambition, pride, or envy; precede the first declarations which mark the turning point—for from here love degenerates into habit, possession, and back to loneliness. Lawrence Durrell
loneliness people community
Everyone desires relationships and community. Most people want to belong to a cohesive, like-minded group. It staves off loneliness. It promotes identity. These are natural and very human instincts. Joshua Ferris
lonely voice so-lonely
The only place their voices were left was in my head. It was better than being alone but it was so, so lonely. Lilith Saintcrow
loneliness thinking compassion
Cool loneliness allows us to look honestly and without aggressionat our own minds. We can gradually drop our ideals of who we think weought to be, or who we think we want to be, or who we think other peoplethink we want to be or ought to be. We give it up and just look directlywith compassion and humor at who we are. Then loneliness is no threat andheartache, no punishment. Pema Chodron
loneliness humanity
Better to join in with humanity than to set ourselves apart. Pema Chodron
lonely warrior perspective
When we feel left out, inadequate, or lonely, can we take a warrior’s perspective and contact bodhichitta? Pema Chodron
loneliness forever sorrow
We're afraid that this anger or sorrow or loneliness is going to last forever... Instead, acting it out is what makes it last. Pema Chodron
loneliness heartache justice
Usually we regard loneliness as an enemy. Heartache is not something we choose to invite in. It's restless and pregnant and hot with the desire to escape and find something or someone to keep us company. When we can rest in the middle, we begin to have a nonthreatening relationship with loneliness, a relaxing and cooling loneliness that completely turns our usual fearful patterns upside down. Pema Chodron
loneliness compassion punishment
We give it up and just look directly with compassion and humor at who we are. Then loneliness is no threat and heartache, no punishment. Pema Chodron
loneliness warrior journey
So even if the hot loneliness is there, and for 1.6 seconds we sit with that restlessness when yesterday we couldn't sit for even one, that's the journey of the warrior. (68) Pema Chodron
loneliness rain kids
Sitting up all night would be pointless if somebody you loved wasn't sitting up with you, picking out music to play and helping you kill the bourbon. Walking by yourself in the rain is for college kids who think loneliness makes poets. Peter S. Beagle
loneliness rain kids
Walking by yourself in the rain is for college kids who think loneliness makes poets. Peter S. Beagle
lonely art being-lonely
To know you will be lonely is not the same as being lonely. Peter Carey
lonely promise love-and-friendship
The culture of drink endures because it offers so many rewards: confidence for the shy, clarity for the uncertain, solace to the wounded and lonely, and above all, the elusive promises of friendship and love. Pete Hamill
loneliness coffee unique
Loneliness is black coffee and late-night television; solitude is herb tea and soft music. Solitude, quality solitude, is an assertion of self-worth, because only in the stillness can we hear the truth of our own unique voices. Pearl Cleage
loneliness being-alone becoming-one
Solitude is a condition of peace that stands in direct opposition to loneliness. Loneliness is like sitting in an empty room and being aware of the space around you. It is a condition of separateness. Solitude is becoming one with the space around you. It is a condition of union. loneliness is small, solitude is large. loneliness closes in around you; solitude expands toward the infinite. loneliness has its roots in words, in an internal conversation that nodbody answers; solitude has it's roots in the great silence of eternity. Kent Nerburn
loneliness party sky
They had stopped now and he gave a glance up at the sky, through the trees, as though to see how much time was left. Amber, watching him, was suddenly struck with panic. Now he was going--out again into that great world with its bustle and noise and excitement--and she must stay here. She had a terrible new feeling of loneliness, as if she stood in some solitary corner at a party where she was the only stranger. Those places he had seen, she would never see; those fine things he had done, she would never do. But worst of all she would never see him again. Kathleen Winsor
lonely writing way
Writing on your own is, in a way, a very lonely profession. There's no one there to help you. Lincoln Child
lonely want i-want-you
I want you to know, that when you are lonely, I will be lonely too. Lady Gaga
lonely loneliness people
When people are lonely they stoop to any companionship. Lew Wallace
lonely men actresses
If I only dated actresses, Id be a very lonely man. Joshua Jackson
loneliness men rejection
Stripped of all their masquerades, the fears of men are quite identical: the fear of loneliness, rejection, inferiority, unmanageable anger, illness and death. Joshua L. Liebman
lonely being-alone legends
If I am a legend, then why am I so lonely? Judy Garland