"Not that I was incapable of friendship. 'Don't……" — Anneli Rufus
"Not that I was incapable of friendship. 'Don't be shy', the teachers coaxed. I was not shy, only extremely choosy. And Denise shone like a diamond. If you had to ask me to define paradise, I would have said a desert island which Denise could visit, on a boat."
—
Anneli Rufus
★
★
★
★
★
0.0 avg (0 ratings)
11 Quotes by Anneli Rufus
Anneli Rufus has 11 quotes on this site.
A few more worth reading:
-
Loners, if you catch them, are well worth the trouble. Not dulled by excess human contact, nor blasé or focused…
-
We believe that whatever feels at first like joy is not. Or is, but will not last. Or should not…
-
Writing is done alone. People do not talk about the things they do alone.
-
The whole world is a personality cult.
-
The loner who looks fabulous is one of the most vulnerable loners of all.
-
After what others would call a fun day out together, we feel as if we have been at the Red…
-
We care. We feel. We think. We do not always miss the absent one. We cannot always come when called.…
-
Socializing is as exhausting as giving blood. People assume we loners are misanthropes, just sitting thinking, ‘Oh, people are such…
-
We do not require company. In varying degrees, it bores us, drains us, makes our eyes glaze over. Overcomes us…
-
And as experienced as I am, it still summons an act of bravery from me, and I like that. I…
See all 11 quotes by Anneli Rufus »
More Ask Quotes
This quote is filed under Ask Quotes,
one of 8,438 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
-
We must no more ask whether the soul and body are one than ask whether the wax and the figure…
— Aristotle
-
Ask yourself the secret of your success. Listen to your answer, and practice it.
— Richard Bach
-
If journalists ask you again and again about the same bands, you'll end up saying you hate them just because…
— Billie Joe Armstrong
-
If you have to ask what jazz is, you'll never know.
— Louis Armstrong
-
I began wearing hats as a young lawyer because it helped me to establish my professional identity. Before that, whenever…
— Bella Abzug
-
I could be on 52nd and Third in Manhattan up and ask a strange for directions and they will help…
— Rodney Atkins
-
To save your world you asked this man to die; would this man, could he see you now, ask why?
— Wystan Hugh Auden
-
Before people complain of the obscurity of modern poetry, they should first examine their consciences and ask themselves with how…
— Wystan Hugh Auden
-
If two friends ask you to judge a dispute, don't accept, because you will lose one friend; on the other…
— Saint Augustine
-
It is happy for you that you possess the talent of flattering with delicacy. May I ask whether these pleasing…
— Jane Austen
-
The Holy Spirit is our comforter, our teacher. That's why, in prayer, we can ask the Lord to open up…
— Michele Bachmann
-
I'm not an actor that tends to care. I don't ask 'Is this a close up? Is this a master?…
— Christian Bale
See all 8,438 Ask Quotes »