--- title: "1 Fear Solitude Quotes By Lionel Fisher" description: "1 Fear Solitude quotes by Lionel Fisher. Plus more from Lionel Fisher and more Fear Solitude sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c32/lionel-fisher-27515_business_it-scares-us-more-than-anything-except-d_88424.jpg" --- > [“It scares us more than anything except death. Being alone. Our fear of solitude is so ingrained that given the choice of being alone or being with others we opt for safety in numbers, even at the expense of lingering…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lionel-fisher/it-scares-us-more-than-anything-except-death-being-alone-our-fear-of/) [Lionel Fisher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lionel-fisher/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c32/lionel-fisher-27515_business_it-scares-us-more-than-anything-except-d_88424.jpg) ## More by Lionel Fisher > [“Americans are funny," Terence O'Donnell pointed out in a conversation we had about our national need to own as much as possible, including our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lionel-fisher/americans-are-funny-terence-o-donnell-pointed-out-in-a-conversation/) [Lionel Fisher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lionel-fisher/) > [“It scares us more than anything except death. Being alone. Our fear of solitude is so ingrained that given the choice of being alone…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lionel-fisher/it-scares-us-more-than-anything-except-death-being-alone-our-fear-of/) [Lionel Fisher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lionel-fisher/) > [“Curmudgeons speak up because they have to, because it’s become critically important for them to tell the truth as they see it. Telling the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lionel-fisher/curmudgeons-speak-up-because-they-have-to-because-it-s-become/) [Lionel Fisher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lionel-fisher/) > [“Putting thoughts into words is vastly different from putting truth into words. For words are not truth. As ardently as writers sort and select…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lionel-fisher/putting-thoughts-into-words-is-vastly-different-from-putting-truth/) [Lionel Fisher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lionel-fisher/) > [“The Art of Self, I've learned, is indispensable to material success but corrosive to the human spirit. What's more, much of the misery in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lionel-fisher/the-art-of-self-i-ve-learned-is-indispensable-to-material-success-but/) [Lionel Fisher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lionel-fisher/) > [“Curmudgeons speak up because they have to, because it’s become critically important for them to tell the truth as they see it. Telling the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lionel-fisher/curmudgeons-speak-up-because-they-have-to-because-it-s-become-2/) [Lionel Fisher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lionel-fisher/) > [“Now that you’re old, cut yourself some slack, would you? Let yourself off the hook. Give yourself a break. You don’t have to do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lionel-fisher/now-that-you-re-old-cut-yourself-some-slack-would-you-let-yourself/) [Lionel Fisher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lionel-fisher/) > [“I was always a stranger at home, in all the places I ever lived.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lionel-fisher/i-was-always-a-stranger-at-home-in-all-the-places-i-ever-lived/) [Lionel Fisher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lionel-fisher/) > [“When was the last time someone was so overjoyed to see you, so brimming with love and affection that they literally ran to greet…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lionel-fisher/when-was-the-last-time-someone-was-so-overjoyed-to-see-you-so/) [Lionel Fisher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lionel-fisher/) > [“There's one thing you ought to know about old people," Alberto Terégo told me on our early morning walk on the beach. "Like what?"…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lionel-fisher/there-s-one-thing-you-ought-to-know-about-old-people-alberto-ter-go/) [Lionel Fisher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lionel-fisher/) > [“Did I think I'd ever find someone I could live with, she asked me, and I said yes, and she said who, and I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lionel-fisher/did-i-think-i-d-ever-find-someone-i-could-live-with-she-asked-me-and/) [Lionel Fisher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lionel-fisher/) > [“I woke up this morning with the words clomping around in my head: 'Truth does not become wisdom until the exact moment you're ready…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lionel-fisher/i-woke-up-this-morning-with-the-words-clomping-around-in-my-head/) [Lionel Fisher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lionel-fisher/) > [“Regrets are particularly poignant for the old, those of us who have used up most of the chances we'll ever get and are left…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lionel-fisher/regrets-are-particularly-poignant-for-the-old-those-of-us-who-have/) [Lionel Fisher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lionel-fisher/) > [“Get your life turned right-side-out again. Like a shirt that comes out of the dryer wrong-side-out, you need to turn your life right-side-out before…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lionel-fisher/get-your-life-turned-right-side-out-again-like-a-shirt-that-comes-out/) [Lionel Fisher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lionel-fisher/) > [“It's the opening line of a football game returned for a touchdown. Or fumbled. It's what orange juice is to breakfast, the first minutes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lionel-fisher/it-s-the-opening-line-of-a-football-game-returned-for-a-touchdown-or/) [Lionel Fisher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lionel-fisher/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/fear-solitude/lionel-fisher/#itemlist", "name": "1 Fear Solitude Quotes By Lionel Fisher", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“It scares us more than anything except death. 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