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Being Alone Quotes

The hard and the freeing sides of solitude.

These being alone quotes hold two ideas together: how genuinely difficult solitude can feel, and how it can also mean fewer problems and more creative space. See our Alone quotes for a closely related theme.

I'm fiercely independent, but I'm also terrified of being alone.

Quotes by Adam Levine

Being alone is very difficult.

Quotes by Yoko Ono

I finally faced the fact that it isn't a crime not having friends. Being alone means you have fewer problems.

Quotes by Whitney Houston

Being alone is scarier than any boogey man and the reason why I don't choose to see Horror movies as a rule.

Quotes by Tom Sizemore

Alone Quotes

I wrote in coffee shops in Japan when I was 22, 23, before I had the stamina to sit down and write. I liked the buzzy environment; I couldn't speak Japanese when I arrived, so it was kind of a...

Quotes by Susan Barker

Getting through the nights is the toughest part. Being alone. Not having her there to talk to.

Quotes by Stuart Appleby

I actually like being alone. I spend most evenings reading and taking long baths.

Quotes by Shonda Rhimes

I understand being alone. I understand not liking it, wishing for something else.

Quotes by Richard Jenkins

We behave as if being alone were a problem.

Quotes by Peter Handke

Being Quotes

In a household tragedy, you are very much aware of being alone. It is something that is possible to grasp, and that is why it hurts so much. Because you are alone. I know a little about this.

Quotes by Per Petterson

That's what my music is good for - clearing out the house and being alone.

Quotes by Mike Patton

I'm calculating, self-sufficient, reserved, and I enjoy being alone.

Quotes by Melissa Sue Anderson

The Jew does not wish to be isolated. He fears being alone, without allies.

Quotes by Meir Kahane

I think to be a writer, you have to enjoy being alone. I was a loner as a teenager and was always drawn to characters in books and films who were at the fringes.

Quotes by Markus Zusak

Centers Quotes

Autobiography begins with a sense of being alone. It is an orphan form.

Quotes by John Berger

Music was like my first real toy. I was an only child for a while, and I was alone a lot of the time - and I liked it. I still like being alone.

Quotes by Jeff Buckley

All men's misfortunes spring from their hatred of being alone.

Quotes by Jean de la Bruyere

What a lovely surprise to finally discover how unlonely being alone can be.

Quotes by Ellen Burstyn

Besides individual things like thunder and gunshots, what dogs fear most is not belonging, being alone.

Quotes by Elizabeth Marshall Thomas

Children Quotes

I absolutely relate to being alone in squalor, trying to come up with something adequate. I relate to that, and I've been known to crawl out of bed and drink out of a 2-liter bottle of Diet Coke.

Quotes by Diablo Cody

Frequently Asked Questions

Do these quotes see being alone as mostly negative?
Not entirely; while one calls it very difficult, another notes it actually means facing fewer problems overall.
Is there a quote comparing solitude to fear?
Yes, one says being alone feels scarier than any horror movie villain, explaining why the speaker avoids the genre altogether.
How does music connect to being alone in this topic?
One quote credits solitude as useful for tidying up the home and spending quiet time immersed in their own music.
What realization does one quote describe about friendship?
It states accepting that not having many friends isn't a flaw, just a different way of having fewer problems overall.
What's the overall balance of this topic's tone?
It mixes acknowledgment of solitude's difficulty with a genuine appreciation for the space and quiet it can provide.

One voice even compares it to something scarier than any horror movie could offer. Continue with our Being or Children quotes for more personal reflection.