“You're alone in your ideas, because you're the only one who knows what's possible.”
Solitude is not the same as loneliness, though they often get confused. This collection explores both — the ache of isolation and the quiet power of being comfortable in your own company. Some of these quotes will make you want to reach out to someone; others will make you want to sit with yourself a while longer.
“Where I come from, it was a heresy to say you wanted to be in movies, leave alone American movies.”
“You're alone in your ideas, because you're the only one who knows what's possible.”
“From 18 to 22, I was alone, living in L.A. with a bunch of friends, partying.”
“You can get help from teachers, but you are going to have to learn a lot by yourself, sitting alone in a room.”
“When I decided to be a singer, my mother warned me I'd be alone a lot. Basically we all are. Loneliness comes with life.”
“This is the highest wisdom that I own freedom and life are earned by those alone who conquer them each day anew.”
“This, then, is the test we must set for ourselves not to march alone but to march in such a way that others will wish to join us.”
“If I want to be alone, some place I can write, I can read, I can pray, I can cry, I can do whatever I want - I go to the bathroom.”
“When thinking about companions gone, we feel ourselves doubly alone.”
“I don't think I could live without hair, makeup and styling, let alone be the performer I am. I am a glamour girl through and through. I believe in the glamorous life and I live one.”
“The people, and the people alone, are the motive force in the making of world history.”
“I think about dying. I've come to realize we all die alone in one way or another.”
“The only real progress lies in learning to be wrong all alone.”
“A woman can't be alone. She needs a man. A man and a woman support and strengthen each other. She just can't do it by herself.”
“The time you spend alone with God will transform your character and increase your devotion. Then your integrity and godly behavior in an unbelieving world will make others long to know the Lord.”
“Associate yourself with people of good quality, for it is better to be alone than in bad company.”