#lone

Very much alone in my work, I am almost jealous of it. ↗

— Yves Tanguy

#alone #am #i #i am #jealous

Communication is a continual balancing act, juggling the conflicting needs for intimacy and independence. To survive in the world, we have to act in concert with others, but to survive as ourselves, rather than simply as cogs in a wheel, we have to act alone. ↗

— Deborah Tannen

#alone #balancing #communication #concert #conflicting

On the other hand, I mean, that is what writers have always been supposed to do, was to rely on their own devices and to - I mean, writing is a lonely business. ↗

— Donna Tartt

#been #business #devices #hand #i

To really be centered and to really work well and to think about the kinds of things that I need to think about, I need to spend large amounts of time alone. ↗

— Donna Tartt

#alone #centered #i #kinds #large

Freedom is a lonely battle, but if the United States doesn't lead it - sometimes imperfectly, but mostly with honor - who will? ↗

— Cal Thomas

#freedom #honor #imperfectly #lead #lonely

I like the idea of isolation, I like the idea of solitude. You can be connected and have a phone and still be lonely. ↗

— Paul Theroux

#i #idea #isolation #like #lonely

It is usually expensive and lonely to be principled. ↗

— Paul Theroux

#lonely #principled #usually

It's only when you're alone that you realize where you are. You have nothing to fall back on except your own resources. ↗

— Paul Theroux

#back #except #fall #nothing #only

You aren't going to leave me alone are you? ↗

— Edie Adams

#going #leave #leave me alone #me #you

And if I had a clone of myself, I’d seriously consider giving up my crime fighting to settle down in a serious relationship. Even though it would be a same sex relationship, dating your own clone definitely isn’t gay. And even though you are related to yourself, dating your own clone is not incest either. It’s merely self-love. It’s more like masturbation mixed with conversation. How many times have you longed for a talking penis? ↗

— Jarod Kintz

#funny #masturbation #dating