Loner Quotes

• Be a loner. That gives you time to wonder, to search for the truth. Have holy curiosity. Make your life worth living.

  Albert Einstein

  Giving, Enjoy Life, Curiosity

  William Hermanns, Albert Einstein (1983). “Einstein and the Poet: In Search of the Cosmic Man”, Branden Publishing Company

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• The hardest thing about being an outcast isn’t the love you don’t receive. It’s the love you long to give that nobody wants.

  Jodee Blanco

  Love You, Long, Giving

  Jodee Blanco (2010). “Please Stop Laughing at Me: One Woman's Inspirational True Story”, p.139, Adams Media

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• Let me tell you this: if you meet a loner, no matter what they tell you, it's not because they enjoy solitude. It's because they have tried to blend into the world before, and people continue to disappoint them.

  Jodi Picoult

  Inspirational, Life, Lonely

  Jodi Picoult (2009). “My Sister's Keeper - Movie Tie-In: A Novel”, p.156, Simon and Schuster

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  Yes, I guess you could say I am a loner, but I feel more lonely in a crowed room with boring people than I feel on my own.

  Henry Rollins

  Lonely, Being Alone, People

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• I'll be honest with you. I'm a little bit of a loner. It's been a big part of my maturing process to learn to allow people to support me. I tend to be very self-reliant and private. And I have this history of wanting to work things out on my own and protect people from what's going on with me.

  Kerry Washington

  Inspiring, Women, Being Alone

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• Whosoever is delighted in solitude is either a wild beast or a god.

  Aristotle

  Loneliness, Being Alone, Solitude

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• Be a loner. That gives you time to wonder.

  Albert Einstein

  Being Yourself, Giving, Wonder

  William Hermanns, Albert Einstein (1983). “Einstein and the Poet: In Search of the Cosmic Man”, Branden Publishing Company

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• We care. We feel. We think. We do not always miss the absent one. We cannot always come when called. Being friends with a loner requires patience and the wisdom that distance does not mean dislike.

  Anneli Rufus

  Missing Someone, Distance, Mean

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• Seclusion is the price of greatness.

  Paramahansa Yogananda

  Wisdom, Greatness, Solitude

  Yogananda (Paramahansa) (1966). “Self-realization Magazine”

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• The more powerful and original a mind, the more it will incline towards the religion of solitude.

  Aldous Huxley

  Lonely, Powerful, Loneliness

  Aldous Huxley (1957). “The Collected Works of Aldous Huxley”

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• Maybe 'loner' is too strong a word, but I've always enjoyed being on my own.

  George Best

  Strong, My Own, Enjoyed

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• Socializing is as exhausting as giving blood. People assume we loners are misanthropes, just sitting thinking, ‘Oh, people are such a bunch of assholes,’ but it’s really not like that. We just have a smaller tolerance for what it takes to be with others. It means having to perform. I get so tired of communicating.

  Anneli Rufus

  Tired, Mean, Thinking

  "The joys of solitude" by Phil Daoust, www.theguardian.com. February 1, 2010.

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• I'll never be happy. I believe I'll die alone. I would want it that way. I've been a loner all my life with my secrets and my pain. I'm really lost, but I'm trying to find myself. I'm really a sad, pathetic case. My whole life has been a waste. I've been a failure. I just want to escape.

  Mike Tyson

  Pain, Believe, Boxing

  "Tyson: 'My whole life has been a waste'". Interview with Jon Saraceno, usatoday30.usatoday.com. June 2, 2005.

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• I'm very much a loner. I don't like long relationships with people and I always keep people at a distance.

  Anthony Hopkins

  Distance, Long, People

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• I keep to myself, but I love life.

  Clea DuVall

  Love Life, Loving Life, I Love Life

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• I’m just a real loner kind of person, and yeah, kinda dark. But I’m happy. Not sad. I’m just shy and nervous.

  Clea DuVall

  Real, Dark, Shy

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• I am far more of a loner than people would imagine. But I am the most gregarious and socially interactive loner you ever met. The thing is, I am fascinated by people's stories and I'm very talkative and can't ever say no to anything or anyone, so I tend to over-socialize, to give away too much of my time to the many people I adore.

  Elizabeth Gilbert

  Giving, People, Stories

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• Solitude is the best nurse of wisdom.

  Laurence Sterne

  Nurse, Solitude

  Laurence Sterne (1840). “The Works ...: With a Life of the Author”, p.329

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• Loners, if you catch them, are well worth the trouble. Not dulled by excess human contact, nor blasé or focused on your crotch while jabbering about themselves, loners are curious, vigilant, full of surprises. They do not cling. Separate wherever they go, awake or asleep, they shimmer with the iridescence of hidden things seldom seen.

  Anneli Rufus

  Being Alone, Solitude, Excess

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• The hardest thing about being an outcast isn't the love you don't receive. It's the love you long to give that nobody wants. After a while, it backs up into your system like stagnant water and turns toxic, poisoning your spirit. When this happens, you don't have many choices available. You can become a bitter loner who goes through life being pissed off at the world; you can fester with rage until one day you murder your classmates. Or, you can find another outlet for your love, where it will be appreciated and maybe even returned.

  Jodee Blanco

  Love You, Long, Giving

  Jodee Blanco (2010). “Please Stop Laughing at Me: One Woman's Inspirational True Story”, p.139, Adams Media

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• I don't actually like people. I'm a loner and if I had my way I'd just walk my dogs every day, never talk to anyone and then die.

  Tony Adams

  Dog, People, Way

  "A way with words: the wit, wisdom and weirdness of Tony Adams". The Guardian Interview, www.theguardian.com. February 9, 2009.

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• I've always been kind of a loner. Continue to be.

  Benjamin McKenzie

  Kind

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

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• Although I am a typical loner in my daily life, my awareness of belonging to the invisible community of those who strive for truth, beauty, and justice has prevented me from feelings of isolation.

  Albert Einstein

  Truth, Justice, Community

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• I owe everything that I have done to the fact that I am very much at ease being alone.

  Marilynne Robinson

  Loneliness, Being Alone, Personality

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• Yeah, I like being on my own. I do. I tend to be a loner, so I'm okay. I'm not okay when I have to be around everyone all the time.

  Keri Russell

  Yeah, Okay, My Own

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

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