#lone

Writing is a solitary occupation. Family, friends, and society are the natural enemies of the writer. He must be alone, uninterrupted, and slightly savage if he is to sustain and complete an undertaking. ↗

— Jessamyn West

#complete #family #friends #must #natural

Loneliness is about the scariest thing out there. ↗

— Joss Whedon

#loneliness #out #scariest #thing

Work alone will efface the footsteps of work. ↗

— James Whistler

#footsteps #will #work

By all means use some time to be alone. ↗

— Edward Young

#means #some #time #use

In the past I have never thought about loneliness when working, and I don't think about it now. Yet there must be a reason for the fact that so many people talk about it. ↗

— Alberto Giacometti

#fact #i #in the past #loneliness #many

The want of logic annoys. Too much logic bores. Life eludes logic, and everything that logic alone constructs remains artificial and forced. ↗

— Andre Gide

#annoys #artificial #bores #constructs #eludes

Your life is yours and yours alone. Rise up and live it. ↗

— Terry Goodkind

#life #live #rise #up #your

The revolution in Russia was victorious with the help of the poor peasants. This should always be borne in mind here in Western Europe and all the world over. But the workers in Western Europe stand alone: this should never be forgotten in Russia. ↗

— Herman Gorter

#always #borne #europe #forgotten #help

What does it mean with regard to tactics, this fact that the proletariat of Western Europe stands all alone: that it has no prospect of any help whatsoever from any other class? ↗

— Herman Gorter

#any #class #does #europe #fact

He that can live alone resembles the brute beast in nothing, the sage in much, and God in everything. ↗

— Baltasar Gracian

#beast #brute #everything #god #live