“Being alone doesn t mean being where there are no people. It means being where people are all strangers to you. ~ 156, SA: Sh. Stories, 1962”
“Porque estar sozinho era bem melhor do que ser rejeitado, deixado ou abandonado.”
“Kesendirian. Kita semua. Tidak pernah tidak. Bersyukur kita pernah tidak menyadarinya.”
“Alone. We all are. Never not are. Be grateful that we have been not realizing it.”
“If loneliness bothers you when you’re alone then you have always been a bad company to yourself and to others.”
“Loneliness is agony of being alone and solitude is joy of being alone.”
“His parents never go out or entertain; they have no dinner parties, no bridge group, no hunting buddies or luncheon pals. Like Lydia, no real friends.”
“I think I might just go out back for awhile, and sit under that big tree. I feel empty inside. I never felt so empty.” Tim nodded. “You’ll fill up again. Trust me.” “I guess I’ll have to.”
“One of the best lessons you can learn in life is how to be alone, and that being alone is not loneliness.”
“Be careful to think you’re alone.”
“I’m sorry that you cried on your own. Forgive me for not being your home.”
“I hope you have someone in your life who understands they can’t truly know what you’ve been through, but they make sure you know you’re not alone despite that.”
“Resentment is a lone drunkard in the bar screaming about his misfortunes. Forgiveness is the taxi driver who offers him a free ride home.”
“People who hate solitude have very low standards when it comes to the company they keep.”
“I knew my childhood had been rough, and many times I had felt so alone. Daiyu must have experienced a different kind of loneliness. But in the end, maybe lonely was lonely.”
“One does not find solitude, one creates it. Solitude is created alone. I have created it. Because I decided that here was where I should be alone, that I would be alone to write books. It happened this way. I was alone in this house. I shut myself in—of course, I was afraid. And then I began to love it. This house became the house of writing. My books come from this house. From this light as well, and from the garden. From the light reflecting off the pond. It has taken me twenty years to write what I just said.”
“I understood that the most beautiful, dangerous, adventurous and gratifying journeys of all is the one inside yourself, whether you re sitting in the living room or under a canopy here in Budelli. That s why staying at home and doing nothing can be really hard for many.”