Quotes about lone
lonely loneliness being-alone
you'll never be lonely if you learn to be friend your self David Archuleta
lonely teenager oxygen
Music was my oxygen. It's what saved me from being a really lonely and scared teenager. Corey Hart
lonely giving purpose
When you least feel like it, do something for someone else. You forget about your own situation. It gives you a purpose, as opposed being sorrowful and lonely. Dana Reeve
lonely valentine being-in-love
Valentine's Day is a time to celebrate the joy of being in love. Unless you're single & lonely then it's called Laundry Day. Dane Cook
loneliness solitude haste
Solitude well practiced will break the power of busyness, haste, isolation, & loneliness. Dallas Willard
lonely feelings lines
It's instinctive in a certain kind of painting...It's like a nervous system. It's not described, it's happening. The feeling is going on with the task. The line is the feeling, from a soft thing, a dreamy thing, to something hard, something arid, something lonely, something ending, something beginning. Cy Twombly
loneliness believe boys
..and I thought how liking a boy was just the same as believing you wanted to know a secret - everything was better when you were denied and could feel tormented by curiousity or loneliness. But the moment of something happening was treacherous. It was just so tiring to have to worry about whether your face was peeling, or to have to laugh at stories that weren’t funny. Curtis Sittenfeld
lonely worried notice-me
I always worried someone would notice me, and then when no one did, I felt lonely. Curtis Sittenfeld
lonely cycling way
Cycling can be lonely, but in a good way. David Byrne
loneliness writing
Loneliness is just a thing that I'm not personally interested in. So far, it hasn't been on my docket of things to write about. Dave Eggers
lonely past views
I am a drifter, and as lonely as that can be, it is also remarkably freeing. I will never define myself in terms of anyone else. I will never feel the pressure of peers or the burden of parental expectation. I can view everyone as pieces of a whole, and focus on the whole, not the pieces. I have learned to observe, far better than most people observe. I am not blinded by the past or motivated by the future. I focus on the present because that is where I am destined to live. David Levithan
lonely talking slipping
When he talked to you, you seemed to fit in, but when someone else was talking, or he would be distracted, you jsut looked lonely over there. At least to me. But whenever I would tell you that, you'd say "I'm fine. I just slip out of it, you know?" And I'd say "I'll catch you," and you would say, "It's not the kind of slipping you can catch. David Levithan
loneliness damage moments
Why do we even bother? Why do we make ourselves so open to such easy damage? Is it all loneliness? Is it all fear? Or is it just to experience those narcotic moments of belonging with someone else? David Levithan
lonely differences knowing
What I learned The well-documented difference Between alone and lonely The comfort of knowing David Levithan
loneliness knowing missing
We remember what it was like to meet someone new. We remember what it was like to grant someone possibility. You look out from your own world and then you step into his, not really knowing what you’ll find there, but hoping it will be something good. Both Ryan and Avery are doing this. You step into his world and you don’t even realize your loneliness is missing. You’ve left it behind, and you don’t notice because you have no desire to turn back. David Levithan
loneliness bad-relationship profound
She stays in the same spot, anchored by the profound, desperate loneliness of a bad relationship. David Levithan
lonely betrayed awful
It is an awful thing to be betrayed by your body. And it’s lonely, because you feel you can’t talk about it. David Levithan
lonely people missing
The missing crowds make you lonely. You begin to complain about all the people you could be meeting. But no one listens or sympathizes with you, because this is precisely what you chose when you were alive. David Eagleman
loneliness wind glowing
Bare heights of loneliness...a wilderness whose burning winds sweep over glowing sands, what are they to HIM? Even there He can refresh us, even there He can renew us. Amy Carmichael
loneliness inspiration sadness
...to the glory of His name let me witness that in far away lands, in loneliness (deepest sometimes when it seems least so), in times of downheartedness and tiredness and sadness, always always He is near. He does comfort, if we let Him. Perhaps someone as weak and good-for-nothing as even I am may read this. Don't be afraid! Through all circumstances, outside, inside, He can keep me close. Amy Carmichael
lonely hardest could-have-been
We could have been happy. I know that, and it is perhaps the hardest thing to know. Ally Condie
loneliness reality contact
Loneliness is not cured by human company. Loneliness is cured by contact with reality. Anthony de Mello
loneliness being-alone people
The secret to overcoming a feeling of loneliness is not going outside to meet people. That will only keep you from being alone. The secret is going inside yourself, to realize your true kinship with God and with all the human beings that he created. Amy Grant
lonely heart broken
And so this young one, this young one whom I had so loved, I had to forsake, no matter how broken my heart, no matter how lonely my soul, no matter how bruised my intellect and spirit. Anne Rice
loneliness kissing sea
There is a horrifying loneliness at work in this time. No, listen to me. We lived six and seven to a room in those days, when I was still among the living. The city streets were seas of humanity; and now in these high buildings dim-witted souls hover in luxurious privacy, gazing through the television window at a faraway world of kissing and touching. It is bound to produce some great fund of common knowledge, some new level of human awareness, a curious skepticism, to be so alone. Anne Rice
lonely training literature
That process by which you become a writer is a pretty lonely one. We don't have a group apprenticeship like a violinist might training for an orchestra. Anne Rice
lonely passion animal
I am not a romantic. I am a domestic animal. I do not sigh and yearn for extravagant displays of passion, for the grand affair, the world well lost for love. I know all that, and know that it leaves you lonely. No, what I crave is the simplicity of routine. An evening walk, arm in arm, in fine weather. A game of cards. Time for idle talk. Preparing a meal together. Anita Brookner
loneliness irritation needs
I need noise and interruptions and irritation: irritation and discomfort are a great starter. The loneliness of doing it any other way would kill me. Anita Brookner
lonely artist world
I discovered that it was a lonely world being a solo artist. Then I started working with another solo artist, Rod Stewart, and he used to tell me how lonely he was! Andrew Taylor
loneliness thinking people
Loneliness is, I think, people's biggest fear, whether they are conscious of it or not. Andrew Stanton
lonely suicidal gay
Religion is so focused on family. These days, for many people, being gay is also focused on family. The Mormon Church is especially focused on family, and I'd have hoped, therefore, that the Mormon Church would especially have celebrated how all of these people who might have been lonely and suicidal and childless are now able to lead this other life. I would have thought it would be a cause for immense celebration. Instead it has been, obviously, a cause of great concern to the Church and its leadership. Andrew Solomon
lonely struggle differences
Having always imagined myself in a fairly slim minority, I suddenly saw that I was in a vast company. Difference unites us. While each of these experiences can isolate those who are affected, together they compose an aggregate of millions whose struggles connect them profoundly. The exceptional is ubiquitous; to be entirely typical is the rare and lonely state. Andrew Solomon
lonely nature wind
We listen too much to the telephone and too little to nature. The wind is one of my sounds. A lonely sound, perhaps, but soothing. Andre Kostelanetz