By yourself Quote by D.H. Lawrence

“For now she need not think about anybody. She could be herself, by herself. And that was what now she often felt the need…

— Virginia Woolf

“She was in herself, like a woman near term, and did not think of the man, going on ahead, or the path, climbing upwards…

— Rainer Maria Rilke

“[About the main character approaching death in old age, observed by her husband . . .] He saw that she had already laid down…

— Michael D. O'Brien

“When one was with her she could almost persuade one that there was something cowardly and despicable in any emotional dodging, in any refusal…

— Caroline Blackwood

“Then there was survival. There was going on, as she had always gone on, without much joy, against her will, against her instincts, without…

— Robert Goolrick

“She felt vulnerable and alone. Once again, she felt that life was not treating her as it treated other people - it gave her…

— Paulo Coelho

“He had a feeling that somewhere in the course of her life something had happened to her, something terrible which in the end had…

— Louis Bromfield

“When she returned, she was full of life, impassioned. She seemed to want change, within herself, between them, and she believed all things were…

— Madeleine Thien

“Her life was shameful and lonely. There was no longer any hope for her, there was no chance of escape. Yet, in spite of…

— Anna Kavan

“You could see that her tremendous inside life, its solitary fears and fires, was out of accord with her humble view of herself; to…

— Elizabeth Bowen

“But for reasons she would never be able to articulate to anyone, herself included, she took a few steps more into the despairing darkness…

— Casey Fisher

“The feeling that she had never really lived in this world caught her by surprise. It was a fact. She had never lived. Even…

— Han Kang