Desire Quote by Jon Richardson

“To be alone was something unpleasant. But I was at the same time conscious of a slight insanity in my mood, and seemed to…

— Henry David Thoreau

“The rhythm of solitude, once so intimidating, began to feel comfortable. Aloneness, I was learning, does not have to equal loneliness.”

— John Grogan

“The joy of living alone meant I could please myself and not have to worry about the sensitivities of others.”

— Rebecca Bradley

“I keep finding myself stifled by the company of others and then crippled by loneliness when I leave them.”

— Veronica Roth

“Being alone gave me a chance to process what my senses took in without having to factor in other people’s opinions.”

— Carole King

“I have seen this too many times before. The unwarranted devotion. Putting up with the fear of being with the wrong person because you…

— David Levithan

“solitude was in its own way a balm for loneliness.”

— Diana Gabaldon

“He was almost afraid to be alone with himself and yet he was ashamed to be with others.”

— C. S. Lewis

“I never wanted to be alone, but I always opted for loneliness. I am an emotional, sensitive and expressive creature. I cannot detach my…

— M.F. Moonzajer

“I find myself enjoying being alone a lot of the time, people come and people go and you have to find a way to…

— Nikki Rowe

“I felt that my whole life was bound to go on in the same solitude and helpless dreariness, from which I myself had no…

— Leo Tolstoy

“If you try you would never be alone; because the whole world is tired of loneliness.”

— M.F. Moonzajer