Character Quote by Ronan Bennett

“We are solitary. We can delude ourselves about this and act as if it were not true. That is all.”

— Rainer Maria Rilke

“Remember you are never really alone. Although it may feel like it for very long stretches of time.”

— Steven L. Peck

“You should know that for a little while, you were not alone. Not alone.”

— Julio-Alexi Genao

“You can't be spontaneous within reason.”

— Brittany DeLaBarrera

“You could be with someone and still feel alone because you were never fully connected to them. Story of my life.”

— Beth Watson

“If you like solitude, you're never alone.”

— Michael Finkel

“Though it's with you at every moment, it's always something of a surprise to discover that you can be at once alive and alone.”

— Andrew Pyper

“I couldn't stand to be alone, yet I didn't want anyone to witness my dailiness, an indiscriminate collage of fragments, random encounters.”

— Dodie Bellamy

“Who are you when you're alone? When no one is watching? What's left then?”

— Rae Mariz

“There is only the passionate spark. Without it, two people living together may be lonelier than if they lived quite alone.”

— Helen Simonson

“I am not myself with people [...] but am I myself when alone? That seems unlikely, too.”

— Susan Sontag

“It is your character, and your character alone, that will make your life happy or unhappy.”

— John McCain