Quote by Gail Godwin

“Some people, weak people, fear solitude. What they fail to understand is that you don't need anyone, you can take care of yourself.”

— Gail Honeyman

“Blessed with so many resources within myself the world was not necessary to me. I could do very well without it.”

— Jane Austen

“If you sought to leave the world, don’t go alone. Since there are too many bad people you can take them too.”

— M.F. Moonzajer

“I will not compare myself with others, nor them with me. I will appreciate myself and others for what I and they contribute.”

— Gail Blanke

“People are very fond of giving away what they need most themselves.”

— Oscar Wilde

“You can't rely on getting everything you want, but you can always give to others.”

— Ronald Bunch

“I said I'd go alone, but perhaps that's the point; perhaps we are always alone, no matter the company we keep.”

— Sarah Perry

“Even if others abandon you, you must never abandon yourself.”

— Terry Helwig

“There was only one thing I wanted: to be left alone, without too many demand upon my person, so that for a few moments…

— Muriel Barbery

“Being alone is a basic need of mine like food and water, but I realize it is not so for others.”

— Peter Cameron

“When we can be alone, we can be with others without using them as an escape.”

— bell hooks

“If you do not waste, you do not want.”

— Syed Ather