“ And then we cowardswho loved the whisperingevening, the houses,the paths by the river,the dirty red lightsof those places, the sweetsoundless sorrow—we reached our hands outtoward the living chainin s… Cesare Pavese
“ I am alone. My heart beats only for myself. The strikers mean nothing to me. I have nothing in common with the mob, nor with individuals. I am a cold person. In the war I did not feel I was part of my… Joseph Roth
“ A few birds sang in the distance; everything was still. We were truly alone. This was it, no turning back now. Even if we did, it was a long walk home. Dennis R. Blanchard
“ Once upon a time there was a poor child with no father and no mother everything was deadand no one was left in the whole world.Everything was deadand it went and searched day and night And since nobod… Georg Buchner
“ We read to know we’re not alone. We read because we are alone. We read and we are not alone. We are not alone. Gabrielle Zevin
“ The power of faith is the fear of the unknown. The power of love is the fear of dying alone. Michael R. Fletcher
“ Walling herself off circumvented the risk of real closeness between two people and the eventual, unavoidable loss that always accompanies love. Liberating herself from the concern of others served a s… Jill Alexander Essbaum
“ If you decide to take somebody on, don’t look behind you, because there won’t be anybody there. You’ll be all alone. Dan Groat
“ Fear is the thing that shows a man who 'e really is. The 'ateful ones are pointin' fingers and layin' the blame because that's what they think it takes to survive. Those people 'ave always been there,… April White
“ I am the most pious person in the room. Even though I have no pie - I have pizza, and what can be more virtuous than eating all by yourself? Will Advise
“ I pulled out my phone and thought about calling someone, but who was there to call? And what would I even say? It was just the kind of unpleasant surprise you had to share with someone, but I didn’t h… Emma Mills
“ At night, there was the feeling that we had come home, feeling no longer alone, waking in the night to find the other one there, and not gone away; all other things were unreal. We slept when we were… Ernest Hemingway
“ Maybe it was being orphaned and alone all my life, but I always steeled for the worst outcome I could envision. That way I could shrug and be almost happy with anything that fell short of the worst. I… James Anderson