“I have convinced myself that I do not have the strength to be alone in the way that I’ve fetishized—going for weeks at a time not speaking to anyone—for so long.”— Megan Reynolds, jezebel.com
“My point is that it's really hard for people to live their lives alone.”— Haruki Murakami, amazon.com
“With a heavy heart, I turned and walked away. I knew that as long as I lived I'd never forget...”— Wilson Rawls, amazon.com
“To keep the proportion of things and give place to others without losing one's own position was the secret of success in the mundane drama. We must know the whole play in order to properly act our parts; the conception of totality must never be lost in that of the individual.”— Kakuzō Okakura, amazon.com
“It's so nice to wake up in the morning all alone and not have to tell somebody you love them when you don't love them any more.”— Richard Brautigan, amazon.com
“We have this idea that love is supposed to last forever. But love isn't like that. It's a free-flowing energy that comes and goes when it pleases. Sometimes it stays for life; other times it stays for a second, a day, a month, or a year. So don't fear love when it comes simply because it makes you v…”— Neil Strauss, amazon.com
“I had gotten so used to being alone, but never entirely used to it. Never used to it enough to stop wanting the alternative.”— David Levithan, amazon.com
“When you’ve lived alone for a number of years, I’m afraid that you begin to realize how hard it would be to accommodate to living with someone else, adjusting to or even indulging his desires and his life.”— Katharine Graham, amazon.com