"For me, books have always been a way……" — Jonathan Ames
"For me, books have always been a way to feel less alone while being alone."
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41 Quotes by Jonathan Ames
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I don't really recognise success. I don't see myself as on an upwardly mobile trajectory. I see myself as on…
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I was aware that I was acting atrociously but I couldn't stop myself. Rarely had I behaved in such a…
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I'm on the verge of a total breakdown. Sciatica. Taxes. Cars. Fleas, possibly. It's an absurd existence.
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I wondered where the person was who had taken my place, who wanted to know what news people had been…
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I've always been intrigued by Stockholm Syndrome. Reminds me of my childhood.
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How terrible to be alcoholic. You just want to quietly soothe and maybe poison yourself, but you end up poisoning…
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To write about a place, you have to live there.
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I drink coffee. Without coffee, I probably couldnt write.
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A lot of writing is a form of seeing - putting down what you see in terms of action and…
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As a child, I wanted to be an athlete, a professional tennis player or something like that.
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For me, the past is dead. Can't go back.
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Having a show get canceled is like, 'Oh, you have caviar between your teeth,' you know what I mean? Because…
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More Alone Quotes
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I try to push ideas away, and the ones that will not leave me alone are the ones that ultimately…
— J. J. Abrams
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There's love, and certainly children you care about more than yourself. But nevertheless, we're alone in our heads.
— Paul Auster
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I really enjoy being single again. I spent a lot of time in a relationship and the nearer we came…
— Dido Armstrong
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India is the meeting place of the religions and among these Hinduism alone is by itself a vast and complex…
— Sri Aurobindo
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Woman is fine for her own satisfaction alone. No man will admire her the more, no woman will like her…
— Jane Austen
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I hate cameras. They interfere, they're always in the way. I wish: if I could work with my eyes alone.
— Richard Avedon
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Mental prayer in my opinion is nothing else than an intimate sharing between friends; it means taking time frequently to…
— Teresa of Avila
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While the soul is in mortal sin, nothing can profit it; none of its good works merit an eternal reward,…
— Teresa of Avila
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The further we distance ourselves from the spell of the present, explored by our senses, the harder it will be…
— Diane Ackerman
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The average Nigerian person has come to reconcile himself with the fact that his or her social progress remain essentially…
— Ibrahim Babangida
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In today's interdependent world, a threat to one becomes a menace to all. And no state can defeat these challenges…
— Michelle Bachelet
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We neither laugh alone, nor weep alone, why then should we pray alone?
— Anna Letitia Barbauld
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