Quotes about lonely
lonely morning sadness
I’m here because I know the sadness inside you. I know what it feels like to wake in the morning, lost and lonely and aching for someone to be there with me. (Sebastian) Sherrilyn Kenyon
lonely hurt men
No, he wasn't a pig. He was a lonely, hurt man who didn't know how to cope in a world that had turned its back on him. [Astrid]
lonely children able
If we're not able to be alone, we're going to be more lonely. And if we don't teach our children to be alone, they're only going to know how to be lonely. Sherry Turkle
lonely intimacy
We're lonely, but we're afraid of intimacy
lonely technology giving
We're lonely, but we're afraid of intimacy. And so from social networks to sociable robots, we're designing technologies that will give us the illusion of companionship without the demands of friendship.
lonely technology seductive
Technology is seductive when what it offers meets our human vulnerabilities. And as it turns out, we are very vulnerable indeed. We are lonely but fearful of intimacy. Digital connections and the sociable robot may offer the illusion of companionship without the demands of friendship. Our networked life allows us to hide from each other, even as we are tethered to each other. We’d rather text than talk.
lonely people seductive
People are lonely. The network is seductive. But if we are always on, we may deny ourselves the rewards of solitude.
lonely two darkness
In that high place in the darkness the two oddly sensitive human atoms held each other tightly and waited. In the mind of each was the same thought. "I have come to this lonely place and here is this other," was the substance of the thing felt. Sherwood Anderson
lonely hate loneliness
It is said of a lonely man that he does not appreciate the life of society. This is like saying he hates hiking because he dislikes walking in thick forest on a dark night. Nicolas Chamfort
lonely teenager thinking
I think bullies are very lonely people. I always tell teenagers not to bully others because it's unacceptable. We need to teach students to value themselves and to not put others down. Nick Vujicic
lonely problem used
That was the biggest problem with getting used to someone, she thought. You were lonely when they weren't there. Nora Roberts
lonely roots ruts
Even a good place gets to be a rut, especially if you're standing in it alone... Alone and lonely have the same root.
lonely home elderly
Law and order is a social service. Crime and the fear which the threat of crime induces can paralyse whole communities, keep lonely and vulnerable elderly people shut up in their homes, scar young lives and raise to cult status the swaggering violent bully who achieves predatory control over the streets. I suspect that there would be more support and less criticism than today's political leaders imagine for a large shift of resources from Social Security benefits to law and order - as long as rhetoric about getting tough on crime was matched by practice. Margaret Thatcher
lonely jobs interesting
Being prime minister is a lonely job... you cannot lead from the crowd.
lonely temptation devil
we've all of us got to meet the devil alone. Temptation is a lonely business ... Margaret Deland
lonely depressing real
What happened in the 80's was that all the men died of AIDS. That was a particularly depressing time because so many people passed away and it was a very desperate and lonely time, so I think a lot of people felt that we were somehow, unreceived. Not only by the disease but also by the public image of the disease. It really gave homophobia a real shot in the arm and changed the way people viewed gays, queers. It became an entirely different atmosphere. Margaret Cho
lonely loneliness being-alone
People drain me, even the closest of friends, and I find loneliness to be the best state in the union to live in.
lonely book writing
Writing is alone, but I don't think it's lonely. Ask any writer if they feel lonely when they're writing their book, and I think they'll say no. Margaret Atwood
lonely loneliness love-yourself
The worst loneliness is not to be comfortable with yourself. Mark Twain
lonely world fool
If all the fools in this world should die, lordly God how lonely I should be.
lonely being-alone be-good
Be good and you will be lonely.
lonely loneliness cat
A cat and a Bible, and nobody needs to be lonely. Mary Roberts Rinehart
lonely loneliness faces
The worst thing about loneliness is that it brings one face to face with oneself.
lonely wimbledon finals
To cry on court during a Wimbledon final, you must feel so lonely. Marion Bartoli
lonely memories book
Writing a book is a very lonely business. You are totally cut off from the rest of the world, submerged in your obsessions and memories. Mario Vargas Llosa
lonely wall heart
Look around. Take the tour. Fear hangs on the wall and shame sometimes. Emotional dislocation too. But I am brave in my admission. Are you? When no one is looking, I check to see if anyone seems as scared as me, or lonely, or shy, or insecure. Is it just me? I'm not so sure. Is your heart an onion too? Show me yours, I'll show you mine we used to say. Your turn. Peel away. Nikki Grimes
lonely art connections
We are less lonely when we connect. Art is connection. Nikki Giovanni
lonely falling-in-love distance
When you are young, you think it's going to be solved by love. But it never is. Being close -- as close as you can get -- to another person only makes clear that impassable distance between you.' If being in love only made people more lonely, why would everyone want it so much?' Because of the illusion. You fall in love, it's intoxicating, and for a little while you feel like you've actually become one with the other person. Merged souls and so on. You think you'll never be lonely again. Nicole Krauss
lonely falling-in-love thinking
Because of the illusion. You fall in love, it's intoxicating, and for a little while, you actually feel like you've become one with the other person, merged souls and so on. You think you'll never be lonely again.
lonely people life-is
That’s why; he’s worried about how his life is turning out, and he’s lonely, and lonely people are the bitterest of them all Nick Hornby
lonely sweet way
There's something really sweet about the way he's playing the part and he's kind of irresistible in a way. They're both really lonely. That's kind of established from the very beginning in the movie. The way they meet is just classic, lonely losers. Mary-Louise Parker
lonely race imagination
For both writer and reader, the novel is a lonely, physically inactive affair. Only the imagination races. Mary McCarthy
lonely deception ephemeral
With extramarital courtship, the deception was prolonged where it had been ephemeral, necessary where it had been frivolous, conspiratorial where it had been lonely.