#alone

I am convinced that living in an enclave shapes the personality, and living alone shapes the personality too. ↗

— Mary Douglas

#am #convinced #i #i am #living

Is there no Latin word for Tea? Upon my soul, if I had known that I would have let the vulgar stuff alone. ↗

— Hilaire Belloc

#had #i #known #latin #my soul

I've always lived in a city. I'm very social, and in a place like New York, even if you're alone on the subway, you never feel lonely. ↗

— Ana Gasteyer

#always #city #even #feel #i

Solitude is strength; to depend on the presence of the crowd is weakness. The man who needs a mob to nerve him is much more alone than he imagines. ↗

— Paul Brunton

#crowd #depend #him #imagines #man

I have the handicap of being born with a special language to which I alone have the key. ↗

— Gustave Flaubert

#being #born #handicap #i #key

I've been left alone, even by the paparazzi, because what sells is sex and scandal. Absent that, they really don't have much interest in you. I'm still married, still working, still happy. ↗

— Matt Damon

#alone #because #been #even #happy