“You should never make excuses for someone. Don’t tell yourself they are a good person and try to block out all the bad things they’ve done just because they showed you a little bit of interest. It’s better to be alone than with someone who’s not a good person at their core.”— Becca Martin, thoughtcatalog.com
“You don’t have to find the love of your life right now. You’re allowed to be single for the next year. Or two. Or ten. The best thing you can do for yourself at this stage is figure yourself out – so that when the love of your life finally does come along, you’re ready for them.”— Heidi Priebe, thoughtcatalog.com
“Being alone does not mean you are unwanted, it is simply a state of being.”— Molly Burford, thoughtcatalog.com
“Cherish the time you have by yourself. Chances are, you won’t have this time for long; probably not the greater part of your life. Do the things you know would be a lot harder to do once you do meet someone you care about: travel, stay out till 5 a.m. three nights in a row, let you apartment get mes…”— Kovie Biakolo, thoughtcatalog.com
“Rejection is shitty, but it’s part of the process. The person you like won’t always like you back. That’s life.”— Tatiana Pérez, thoughtcatalog.com
“Pain. Unspeakable pain. It didn’t matter who in this world or any other was staring at me, watching me, seeking to share this moment or merely shuddering as I experienced it. Just didn’t matter. Because in pain like this one is always alone.”— Anne Rice, amazon.com
“i love just being alone.. doing a facemask.. dealing with emotional trauma alone.. LOVE it.”— theteenytinygirl, theteenytinygirl.tumblr.com
“At home by yourself tonight? Just look closely in the background of any mirror. You are most certainly not alone.”— Night Vale podcast, twitter.com
“You say you’re going to be alone on Valentine’s Day, but you forget about the insects, ghosts, & surveillance devices in your home.”— Night Vale podcast, twitter.com
“Don’t go back to him sweet girl, you’re so much better off without him on your own. You’re so much braver, happier, stronger and more confident on your own.”— Becca Martin, thoughtcatalog.com
“There's just something obvious about emptiness, even when you try to convince yourself otherwise.”— Sarah Dessen, amazon.com
“Strong girl, you don’t need him. You may want him but you don’t need him.”— Katreena Dei Gauiran, thoughtcatalog.com
“Here’s what guys don’t do if they can’t live without you: They don’t break up with you.”— Greg Behrendt, amazon.com
“What was the point in crying when there was no one there to comfort you? And what was worse, when you couldn't even comfort yourself?”— Cassandra Clare, amazon.com
“I think it's good for a person to spend time alone. It gives them an opportunity to discover who they are and to figure out why they are always alone.”— Amy Sedaris, amazon.com
“We are all alone, born alone, die alone, and—in spite of True Romance magazines—we shall all someday look back on our lives and see that, in spite of our company, we were alone the whole way. I do not say lonely—at least, not all the time—but essentially, and finally, alone.”— Hunter S. Thompson, amazon.com
“Being here alone with nothing to do, I've been thinking about myself too. Trying to understand why I hate myself so badly.”— Orson Scott Card, amazon.com
“Though we may not be alone in the universe, in our own separate ways, on this planet we are all alone.”— Darin Morgan, Jose Chung, Charles Nelson Reilly, imdb.com