Posts tagged with "alone."
"Reading well is one of the great pleasures that solitude can afford you."
"The necessary thing is after all but this; solitude, great inner solitude. Going into oneself for hours meeting no one - this one must be able to attain."
"When you don’t have many friends and you don’t have a social life you’re kind of left looking at things, not doing things. There’s a weird freedom in not having people treat you like you’re part of society or where you have to fulfill social relationships."
"Solitude is essentially the discovery and acceptance of our uniqueness."
I like being alone, but I hate the feeling of being lonely. When you’re alone, you have time for yourself. Your thoughts finally catch up to you. You set your mind on things and everything is just clearer. Nothing’s bothering you and everything just feels right for once. When you feel lonely, you feel as if no one’s there for you. It feels like no one understands you or is willing to listen. It feels like you’re screaming in a crowded room, yet not one person hears you.
"Language… has created the word ‘loneliness’ to express the pain of being alone. And it has created the word “solitude” to express the glory of being alone."
"Reading well is one of the great pleasures that solitude can afford you."
"Yes, I guess you could say I am a loner, but I feel more lonely in a crowded room with boring people than I feel on my own."
"Let me tell you this: if you meet a loner, no matter what they tell you, it’s not because they enjoy solitude. It’s because they have tried to blend into the world before, and people continue to disappoint them."
"Beware those who seek constant crowds; they are nothing alone."
When so many are lonely and seem to be lonely, it would be inexcusably selfish to be lonely alone.
Tennessee Williams
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rereadingharry:
I discovered I wasn’t alone through books, I think, arguably more than I did through friendships in my early days, ‘cause I was quite an introverted child, and it was through reading that I realized I wasn’t alone on all sorts of levels. - JKR
"Don’t depend too much on anyone in this world because even your own shadow leaves you when you are in darkness."
"Our social relationships are limited, most of the time, to gossip and criticizing people’s behavior. This observation slowly pushed me to isolate from the so-called social life. My days pass by in solitude."
