Quotes by Being Alone Isolation is aloneness that feels forced upon you, like a punishment. Solitude is aloneness you choose and embrace. I think great things can come out of solitude, out of going to a place where all is quiet except the beating of your heart. Jeanne Marie Laskas being-alone heart thinking All we ask is to be let alone. Jefferson Davis being-alone revolution loneliness On their best days, writers all over the world are winning Pulitzers, all alone in their studios, with no one watching. Jeffrey Eugenides being-alone creativity winning We are for the most part more lonely when we go abroad among men than when we stay in our chambers. Henry David Thoreau being-alone lonely loneliness Writing is a solitary occupation. Family, friends, and society are the natural enemies of the writer. He must be alone, uninterrupted, and slightly savage if he is to sustain and complete an undertaking. Jessamyn West being-alone writing friendship Gatherings and, simultaneously, loneliness are the conditions of a writer's life. Jerzy Kosinski being-alone loneliness gathering There's nothing terribly wrong with feeling lost, so long as that feeling precedes some plan on your part to actually do something about it. Too often a person grows complacent with their disillusionment, perpetually wearing their "discomfort" like a favorite shirt. Jhonen Vasquez being-alone loneliness long I remember my grandfather telling me how each of us must live with a Jim Harrison being-alone passion loneliness Loneliness is the universal problem of rich people. Joan Collins being-alone lonely loneliness It's an interesting combination: Having a great fear of being alone, and having a desperate need for solitude and the solitary experience. That's always been a tug of war for me. Jodie Foster being-alone war interesting One can be instructed in society, one is inspired only in solitude. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe being-alone loneliness inspiration A lonely man is a lonesome thing, a stone, a bone, a stick, a receptacle for Gilbey's gin, a stooped figure sitting at the edge of a hotel bed, heaving copious sighs like the autumn wind. John Cheever being-alone lonely loneliness To be creative you must create a space for yourself where you can be undisturbed... separate from everyday concerns. John Cleese being-alone creativity space Perhaps love is like a resting place, a shelter from the storm. It exists to give you comfort, it is there to keep you warm, and in those times of trouble when you are most alone, the memory of love will bring you home. John Denver being-alone love memories A creation of importance can only be produced when its author isolates himself, it is a child of solitude. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe being-alone inspirational children Breaking with old friends is one of the most painful of the changes in all that piling up of a multitude of small distasteful changes that constitutes growing older. John Dos Passos being-alone break-up change I'm alone and outgunned, scared and inexperienced, but I'm right. John Grisham confidence being-alone fear Loneliness is the first thing which God's eye named not good. John Milton being-alone lonely loneliness All great and precious things are lonely. John Steinbeck being-alone lonely loneliness Being alone does not mean you are lonely, and being lonely does not mean you are alone. John Spence being-alone life-changing lonely «1234567891011»