#being alone

It's an interesting combination: Having a great fear of being alone, and having a desperate need for solitude and the solitary experience. That's always been a tug of war for me. ↗

— Jodie Foster

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I only go out to get me a fresh appetite for being alone. ↗

— Lord Byron

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People used what they called a telephone because they hated being close together and they were scared of being alone. ↗

— Chuck Palahniuk

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Don't go away. I don't want to be alone. I can't stand being alone. ↗

— Arnold Rothstein

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You could say, in a vulgar Freudian way, that I am the unhappy child who escapes into books. Even as a child, I was most happy being alone. This has not changed. ↗

— Slavoj Zizek

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Our language has wisely sensed the two sides of 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

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Getting through the nights is the toughest part. Being alone. Not having her there to talk to. ↗

— Stuart Appleby

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Music should probably provide answers in terms of lyrical content, and giving people a sense of togetherness and oneness, as opposed to being alone in their thoughts and dilemmas or regrets or happiness or whatever. ↗

— Peabo Bryson

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I like the idea of being alone. I like the idea of often being alone in all aspects of my life. I like to feel lonely. I like to need things. ↗

— Robert Plant

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And I find - I'm 63, and my capacity to be by myself and just spend time by myself hasn't diminished any. That's the necessary part of being a writer, you better like being alone. ↗

— John Irving

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