949 private quotes tagged alone

“Even in the presence of others he was completely alone.” — Robert M. Pirsig

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“The capacity for not feeling lonely can carry a very real price, that of feeling nothing at all.” — Doug Coupland

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“When I'm alone, I can sleep crossways in bed without an argument.” — Zsa Zsa Gabor

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“I've also seen that great men are often lonely. This is understandable, because they have built such high standards for themselves that they often feel alone. But that same loneliness is part of their ability to create.” — Yousuf Karsh

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“In Genesis, it says that it is not good for a man to be alone but sometimes it is a great relief.” — John Barrymore

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“Always give a word or sign of salute when meeting or passing a friend, or even a stranger, if in a lonely place.” — Tecumseh

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“The desire to get married, which - I regret to say, I believe is basic and primal in women - is followed almost immediately by an equally basic and primal urge - which is to be single again.” — Nora Ephron

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“As I get older I'm more and more comfortable being alone.” — Sienna Miller

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“Who knows what true loneliness is - not the conventional word but the naked terror? To the lonely themselves it wears a mask. The most miserable outcast hugs some memory or some illusion.” — Joseph Conrad

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“I have so many different personalities in me and I still feel lonely.” — Tori Amos

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“Alone let him constantly meditate in solitude on that which is salutary for his soul, for he who meditates in solitude attains supreme bliss.” — Guru Nanak

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“I never said, 'I want to be alone.' I only said, 'I want to be left alone.' There is all the difference.” — Greta Garbo

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“I paint self-portraits because I am so often alone, because I am the person I know best.” — Frida Kahlo

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“I'm fascinated with myself and love hearing the sound of my own voice. I'd like to hear what I have to say. A lot of people don't like being alone because they truly don't like themselves, but I love me.” — Gene Simmons

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“Unless we love and are loved, each of us is alone, each of us is deeply lonely.” — Mortimer Adler

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“Being alone is very difficult.” — Yoko Ono

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“You only grow when you are alone.” — Paul Newman

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“By all means use some time to be alone.” — Edward Young

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“I would rather be a beggar and single than a queen and married.” — Elizabeth I

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“Be able to be alone. Lose not the advantage of solitude, and the society of thyself.” — Thomas Browne

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“If you make friends with yourself you will never be alone.” — Maxwell Maltz

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“A man content to go to heaven alone will never go to heaven.” — Boethius

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“Remember we're all in this alone.” — Lily Tomlin

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“Absolutely lonely people have few personal interactions of any kind.” — Martha Beck

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“Don't go away. I don't want to be alone. I can't stand being alone.” — Arnold Rothstein

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