Like Being Alone Quotes - Page 2

• And I find - I'm 63, and my capacity to be by myself and just spend time by myself hasn't diminished any. That's the necessary part of being a writer, you better like being alone.

  John Irving

  Capacity, Spend Time

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

  Shonda Rhimes

  Reading, Long, Baths

  "Oprah Talks to Shonda Rhimes". Interview with Oprah Winfrey, www.oprah.com. December 2006.

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• 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.

  Jeff Buckley

  Children, Real, Only Child

  "New Again: Jeff Buckley". Interview with Ray Rogers, www.interviewmagazine.com. May 28, 2013.

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• Being with him was like being alone underwater - everything was slow; nothing counted; I could not be harmed; I would feel dry and cold when I resurfaced.

  Ben Marcus

  Love, Underwater, Dry

  Ben Marcus (2007). “Notable American Women: A Novel”, p.34, Vintage

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• I am not sure what lonliness is," she said. "If it is not literally being solitary, is it the fear of solitude, of being alone with oneself? I feel no such fear. I like being alone." "What do you fear then?" he asked her. She glanced briefly at him and smiled, a fragile expression that spoke for itself even before she found words. "Never finding myself again.

  Mary Balogh

  Expression, Solitude, Lonliness

  Mary Balogh (2006). “Simply Love”, p.57, Delacorte Press

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• I don't like being alone.

  Cristiano Ronaldo

  Soccer

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• I like to go dancing, have a few beers. I like being alone, too. I have days where it's 'God, get me a shot of tequila.'

  Justine Bateman

  Beer, Dancing, Tequila

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Writing is an escape from a world that crowds me. I like being alone in a room. It's almost a form of meditation- an investigation of my own life.

  Neil Simon

  Writing, Meditation, World

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• I didn't like being alone. Being alone was slightly better than having to deal with people, that's all. Or so I'd convinced myself.

  Lauren Myracle

  People, Deals, Convinced

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• I like being alone and I think this movie, as much as it is an investigation of connection and people bonding, I also think it's just as much about loneliness.

  Jason Schwartzman

  Loneliness, Being Alone, Thinking

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Socializing is more positive than being alone, that's why meetings are so popular. People don't like being alone. That would be, however, an important skill to learn.

  Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

  Skills, People, Important

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• I keep social with everyone because I want to know what's going on at every level. At the same time, if I'm not alone a certain amount of time per day then I'll go nuts, because I can't write and I can't think. I can't deal with people all the time. I like being alone. I'm a bit of a cat lady in that way.

  Courtney Love

  Cat, Writing, Thinking

  Interview with Jenn Pelly, pitchfork.com. May 1, 2014.

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