Parenting Quote by Esther M. Friesner

“But the longing within him had grown even greater, the overpowering need to be alone. Locked in an empty room, entirely unwitnessed, silent and…

— Philip K. Dick

“She'd been alone all her life; now she was surrounded by a loving, caring family. If only they could be hers to keep.”

— Susan Sleeman

“He climbed through the vast stillness, alone...and yet somehow, he knew, no longer alone. For now his two fathers climbed with him.”

— James Ramsey Ullman

“He felt if he could not be alone, and if he could not be left alone, he would die.”

— D. H. Lawrence

“Mistress?” the leader would say. “Do not tell me that such a beauty as yourself dwells all alone?” “Oh, yes,” I would answer. “Quite…

— Madeline Miller

“I was not aware of being alone; I could not feel it. I needed those I loved, it did not occur to me that…

— Claire de Duras

“He was there for you, and yet at the same time he was inaccessible. You felt there was a secret core in him that…

— Paul Auster

“Beside him now on the veranda, Isabel was saying, "even though you hadn't seen him for years, he was still your dad. You only…

— M.L. Stedman

“My father’s absence was an unspoken void that lived within our walls, and although I longed for the day I, too, would fall in…

— Jennifer Murgia

“But even thinking that brought on an incredible isolation, a suspicion she'd always had, she didn't belong anywhere, she was going to outlive everyone…

— Philipp Meyer

“Who says you're alone? There is the sky to hug you, the trees to whisper to you, the ground to hold you, the flowers…

— Ksenia Anske

“Could live with you in solitude and need no one else. Give me your love.”

— Curtis Mayfield