“ The very definition of what it means to be alone has changed. To be physically alone is still relatively easy, but many of us struggle daily to turn off e-mail, computers, or cell phones... Our studen… José Antonio Bowen
“ I’ve always been a sort of self-imposed outsider, not a geeky outsider or a snobby outsider but, I just have a natural desire to live on the fringe. I’m not like a weirdo with a trench-coat but I just… Sara Quin
“ Only lost photographs that were never taken know what my mind speaks of when we are alone together. Daniel J. Rice
“ Let's just enjoy it for ourselves. Dawn is such a private hour, don't you think? Such a solitary hour. One always hears that said of midnight, but I think of midnight as remarkably companionable—every… Eleanor Catton
“ If people never learned the truth about him, then they couldn't turn around and use it against him. The lie was a way of buying protection. Paul Auster
“ The psyche of some people, whether through innate structure or via adaption to personal experiences, is uniquely adept for absolute aloneness. Kilroy J. Oldster
“ Unerring solitude forces a person to confront their morality and aloneness. Solitude makes personal confession possible. Kilroy J. Oldster
“ We need solitude, because when we're alone, we're free from obligations, we don't need to put on a show, and we can hear our own thoughts. Tamim Ansary
“ There is no doubt that solitude is a challenge and to maintain balance within it a precarious business. But I must not forget that, for me, being with people or even with one beloved person for any le… May Sarton
“ He succeeded in being considered totally uninteresting. People left him alone. And that was all he wanted. Patrick Süskind
“ I walk the sand alone,and feel it stirring as I roam,upon this breathing earth,where wave on wave begins new birth.I sense a grand facade,where colors paint the hand of God.And in remorseful pain,I da… Craig Froman
“ She’d never felt more alone, even as hundreds of people walked by. No one recognized her, and she began to treasure her anonymity as a gift. Jamie Ford
“ And after that until the end, there was no relief from being a girl with chores that she wasn’t being paid for, a girl with no new sandals and a friend who wasn’t a friend but a mistress, and a family… Ru Freeman
“ Every choice we make affects the other. It always has… We share our choices and our burdens. But that way neither of us has to carry the weight alone—You have never been alone. Olivia Fuller
“ This person realizes that staying home means blowing off everyone this person has ever known. But the desire to stay in is very strong. This person wants to run a bath and then read in bed. Miranda July
“ We hurt one another. We go through life dressing up in new clothes and covering up our true motives. We meet up lightly, we drink rosé wine, and then we give each other pain. We don't want to! What we… Keith Gessen
“ No human being, particularly a young, attractive woman, is so alone that there is no one to miss her when she disappears. Maj Sjowall
