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82 quotes by 74 authors

He had withdrawn solely for his own personal pleasure, only to be near to himself. No longer distracted by anything external, he basked in his… — Patrick SÃ¼skind
I suffer from life and from other people. I canâ€™t look at reality face to face. Even the sun discourages and depresses me. Only at… — Fernando Pessoa
Which of my feelings are real? Which of the me's is me? The wild, impulsive, chaotic, energetic, and crazy one? Or the shy, withdrawn, desperate,… — Kay Redfield Jamison
We are in this life as it were in another man's house.... In heaven is our home, in the world is our Inn: do not… — Gerhard
Cocaine for me was a place to hide. Most people get hyper on coke. It slowed me down. Sometimes it made me paranoid and impotent,… — Robin Williams
It was cold and windy, scarcely the day to take a walk on that long beach Everything was withdrawn as far as possible, indrawn: the… — Elizabeth Bishop
An economically confident America has - since becoming a world power at the start of the 20th century - tended toward global engagement. It is… — Thomas P.M. Barnett
Google has withdrawn from China, arguing that it is no longer willing to design its search engine to block information that the Chinese government does… — Peter Singer
The British soldiers serving in Afghanistan alongside Prince Harry were in exceptional danger until he was withdrawn. — John Eisenhower
We ought to recognize that we have an offensive responsibility to take the war to the terrorists where they are. That responsibility has waned in… — Bob Graham
All of those broken bones in northern Japan, all of those broken lives and those broken homes prompt us to remember what in calmer times… — Simon Winchester
I was incredibly lucky that my first book found a large and loyal readership. It changed my life - from being a very withdrawn adult… — Daniel Tammet
HOW I FEEL WHEN YOU'RE GONE: abandoned, alone, apart, by oneself, comfortless, companionless, deserted, desolate, destitute, disconsolate, down, empty, estranged, forsaken, godforsaken, homeless, isolated, left,… — Leslie
We thought the church had withdrawn from interfering in Italian politics... but instead there is a terrible resurgence. These are ugly signs for freedom of… — Dario Fo
It was horrifying. You wouldn't believe how people are treated there. You could see that these people had withdrawn so far that they just lived… — Kate Millett
In this river all shall fade to black. In this river ain't no coming back. Withdrawn a step away just to find myself. The door… — Black Label Society
If there is a single definition of healing it is to enter with mercy and awareness those pains, mental and physical, from which we have… — Stephen Levine
The Prayer Thank You God For all You have given, Thank You God. For all You have withheld, Thank You God. For all You have… — Unknown Author
In the swamp in secluded recesses, A shy and hidden bird is warbling a song. Solitary the thrush, The hermit withdrawn to himself, avoiding the… — Walt Whitman
My parents allowed me to fall backwards so that I could learn how to sit. They allowed me to toddle so that I could walk.… — Ash Sweeney

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