Quote by Sybille Bedford

“He craved silences and solitude. He simply could not get lost in another person’s life.”

— Sreesha Divakaran

“That was the way he had lived his whole life. To him things were simple. You reached out and took, and if you felt…

— Ronald Everett Capps

“He longed for company. He was cruel because he didn't know whether or not people felt pain and he wanted to find out and…

— Michèle Roberts

“The thing to do was to act just like others acted, live like they lived, and while they were not looking, do what you…

— Richard Wright

“And nothing, or no one, was going to get in his way of having what he wanted.”

— Lia Davis

“He was finding it hard at the moment to decide whether he wanted to be with people or not.”

— J.K. Rowling

“Roger was not personally ambitious; he mainly wanted life not to make too many demands on him.”

— John Lanchester

“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

“He felt as if there were something missing inside him that didn't fit in with their merriment, with their willing ignorance of the world…

— Sarah J. Maas

“Surprisingly he wasn't overwhelmed... He wasn't part of this strange world. He as a visitor, transient, and knew he could return to the safety…

— Phaedra Patrick

“I wanted someone to open doors and lend a helping hand, not because it was expected but because they wanted to. Because they liked…

— Laurel Ulen Curtis

“They seemed, like himself, to be living in a world which did not want them.”

— Thomas Hardy