“I am alone again and I want to be so; alone with the pure sky and open sea.”— Friedrich Nietzsche, amazon.com
“Why does everybody have to be with somebody? It’s a stupid delusion and a really pathetic way of thinking.”— J.A. Redmerski, amazon.com
“I could’ve sworn I was telling you the truth when I said I didn’t miss you.”— Iain Thomas, amazon.com
“It’s become as natural and right to be alone and silent that I don’t know how I can shift over to company.”— Martha Gellhorn, amazon.com
“Isn’t this a nice time of night to walk? I like to smell things and look at things, and sometimes stay up all night, walking, and watch the sun rise.”— Ray Bradbury, amazon.com
“I’ve noticed before that if you go too long without anyone seeing you, really seeing you, it’s easy to start wondering if you’re really there.”— Maggie Mitchell, amazon.com
“Yes, I do enjoy walking at night. The world’s more to my liking then, not so loud, not so fast, not so crowded, and a good deal more mysterious.”— Cornelia Funke, amazon.com
“Deep in my heart I know I am a loner. I have tried to blend in with the world and be sociable, but the more people I meet the more disappointed I am. So, I’ve learned to enjoy myself, my family, and a few good friends.”— Steven Aitchison, onlinecounsellingcollege.tumblr.com
“I was in my house, alone in the living room, anxious about you, watching the flashes of lightning. And a flash of lightning lit up this truth for me, right in front of my eye. That night i lost you, I lost something inside me. Or perhaps several things. Something central to my existence, the very su…”— Haruki Murakami, amazon.com
“When so many are lonely as seem to be lonely, it would be inexcusably selfish to be lonely alone.”— Tennessee Williams, amazon.com
“Stars should not be seen alone. That’s why there are so many. Two people should stand together and look at them. One person alone will surely miss the good ones.”— Augusten Burroughs, amazon.com
“Right now I feel absolutely nothing, and I’m not sure what scares me more. The feeling of emptiness or how incredibly intoxicating it is.”— Michelle Finn, wnq-writers.com
“She liked to disappear, even when she was in the same room as other people. It was a talent, as it was a curse.”— Alice Hoffman, amazon.com