Alone Quotes

The Sun is such a lonely star. Whenever he comes out to see his friends, they al...

The Sun is such a lonely star. Whenever he comes out to see his friends, they all disappear.
Joseph Gordon-Levitt

The tragedy of this world is that no one is happy, whether stuck in a time of pa...

The tragedy of this world is that no one is happy, whether stuck in a time of pain or of joy. The tragedy of this world is that everyone is alone. For a life in the past cannot be shared with the present. Each person who gets stuck in time gets stuck alone.
Alan Lightman

Like crying wolf, if you keep looking for sympathy as a justification for your a...

Like crying wolf, if you keep looking for sympathy as a justification for your actions, you will someday be left standing alone when you really need help.
Criss Jami

That initial anger she had felt turned to sadness, and now it had become somethi...

That initial anger she had felt turned to sadness, and now it had become something else, almost a dullness of sorts. Even though she was constantly in motion, it seemed as if nothing special ever happened to her anymore. Each day seemed exactly like the last, and she had trouble differentiating among them.
Nicholas Sparks

Loneliness in a crowd of people was the worst kind of loneliness, but she couldn...

Loneliness in a crowd of people was the worst kind of loneliness, but she couldn't help it.
Lauren Kate

I often stood in front of the mirror alone, wondering how ugly a person could ge...

I often stood in front of the mirror alone, wondering how ugly a person could get.
Charles Bukowski

Mostly I have felt myself becoming a servant of sadness. I am still looking for...

Mostly I have felt myself becoming a servant of sadness. I am still looking for the beauty in that.
Maggie Nelson

I have just now come from a party where I was its life and soul; witticisms stre...

I have just now come from a party where I was its life and soul; witticisms streamed from my lips, everyone laughed and admired me, but I went away — yes, the dash should be as long as the radius of the earth's orbit ——————————— and wanted to shoot myself.
Søren Kierkegaard

...sometimes I get tired. Sometimes I get bored. And sometimes all I want, more...

...sometimes I get tired. Sometimes I get bored. And sometimes all I want, more than anything else in the world, is to go on a freaking date.
Kiersten White

She was stronger alone…

She was stronger alone…
Jane Austen

The most beautiful part of your body is where it’s headed. & remember, lonelines...

The most beautiful part of your body is where it’s headed. & remember, loneliness is still time spent with the world.
Ocean Vuong

The writer's curse is that even in solitude, no matter its duration, he never gr...

The writer's curse is that even in solitude, no matter its duration, he never grows lonely or bored.
Criss Jami

I am lonely, yet not everybody will do. I don’t know why, some people fill the g...

I am lonely, yet not everybody will do. I don’t know why, some people fill the gaps and others emphasize my loneliness.
Anais Nin

My loneliness was born when men praised my talkative faults and blamed my silent...

My loneliness was born when men praised my talkative faults and blamed my silent virtues.
Khalil Gibran

Our language has wisely sensed these two sides of man’s being alone. It has crea...

Our language has wisely sensed these two sides of man’s being alone. It 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.
Paul Tillich

I have heard the mermaids singing, each to each. I do not think that they will s...

I have heard the mermaids singing, each to each. I do not think that they will sing to me.
T.S. Eliot

Be good and you will be lonesome.

Be good and you will be lonesome.
Mark Twain

People who do a job that claims to be creative have to be alone to recharge thei...

People who do a job that claims to be creative have to be alone to recharge their batteries. You can’t live 24 hours a day in the spotlight and remain creative. For people like me, solitude is a victory.
Karl Lagerfeld

Loneliness becomes an acid that eats away at you.

Loneliness becomes an acid that eats away at you.
Haruki Murakami

DeWitt: Loneliness leads to nothing good, only detachment. And sometimes the peo...

DeWitt: Loneliness leads to nothing good, only detachment. And sometimes the people who most need to reach out are the people least capable of it.
Jane Espenson