Somewhere beyond the curtain Of distorting days Lives that lonely thing That shone before these eyes Targeted, trod like Spring.

Fiction is love and hate and agreement and conflict and common adventure, not lonely musings on have-beens and might-have-beens.

When I say “when you’re always almost lonely, you forget to take it slowly,” I mean that you don’t always take care of yourself.

[The Fuhrer] is one of those lonely men of the ages on whom history is not tested, but who themselves are the makers of history.

I am a drifter, and as lonely as that can be, it is also remarkably freeing. I will never define myself in terms of anyone else.

In reading, a lonely quiet concert is given to our minds; all our mental faculties will be present in this symphonic exaltation.

See, that's the thing about L.A.- When you've mastered the art of feeling lonely in a room full of people, that's when you know.

The gift of loneliness is sometimes a radical vision of society or one's people that has not previously been taken into account.

One of the great consolations . . . is that because Jesus walked such a long, lonely path utterly alone, we do not have to do so.

It's hard in L.A. not to go out, it gets lonely. Being an actress is lonely, and I never want to be alone. I hate sleeping alone.

Working on 'Lonely, I'm Not' - I love the material so much, and it's spring in New York, so I'm walking home whistling every day.

She would buy magic every day of the week. Love me, that face said. I'm so lonely, so desperate. I'll give you whatever you want.

Sure, he was lonely. Sure, they had a lot in common. Sure, he was attracted to her, and it was clear she felt the same about him.

Maintaining the illusion that I am in control is futile, lonely, and in the long run more always costly than the effort is worth.

I turned my head and saw the wind, Not far from where I stood, Dragging the corn by her golden hair, Into a dark and lonely wood.

I realize, for the first time, how very lonely I've been in the arena. How comforting the presence of another human being can be.

We listen too much to the telephone and too little to nature. The wind is one of my sounds. A lonely sound, perhaps, but soothing.

Christianity in the suburb is cheerful. The church is a centre of social activity and those who go to church need never be lonely.

A lonely fir-tree is standing On a northern barren height; It sleeps, and the ice and snow-drift Cast round it a garment of white.

...The more a person is inclined to gratitude, the less likely he or she is to be depressed, anxious, lonely, envious, or neurotic.

The most reliable predictor of not being lonely is the amount of contact with women. Time spent with men doesn't make a difference.

Any business or enterprise that shaves away loneliness is going to last forever. And like it or not but we've got a lonely society.

The avant-garde in every field consists of the lonely, the friendless, the uninvited. All progress is the product of the unpopular.

Being single isn't the cause of loneliness, and marriage is not necessarily the cure. There are many lonely married people as well.

Craig has explored the darker recesses of 007's psyche. He has shown us the lonely man. And he has shown him falling truly in love.

Its beautiful to be alone. To be alone does not mean to be lonely. it means the mind is not influenced and contaminated by society.

I couldn't be a novelist for instance. It feels like a very lonely endeavor. I don't know that I could survive the solitude of that.

The loneliest moment in someone’s life is when they are watching their whole world fall apart, and all they can do is stare blankly.

Should you ever feel too lonely...listen for the roar of the sea- for in it are all those who've been and all those who are to come.

A lonely Autumn leaf on the road by sticking to another one becomes more resistant to harsh winds. Unity is the midwife of security!

London can be quite lonely and a hard place to live, but I do love it. It is where I forged my way to live. It is where I call home.

Just another lonely broken hero picking up the pieces of my mind. Running out of faith and hope and reason, I'm running out of time.

I never advocate that you should be lonely, or come to my shows and bring me your razor blade to show me that you don't cut anymore.

So it is that Lonely Places attract as many lonely people as they produce, and the loneliness we see in them is partly in ourselves.

Happy are the painters, for they shall not be lonely. Light and colour, peace and hope, will keep them company to the end of the day.

What is there to life if a man cannot hear the lonely cry of the whippoorwill or the arguments of the frogs around the pool at night?

The loneliness you get by the sea is personal and alive. It doesn't subdue you and make you feel abject. It's stimulating loneliness.

Whenever you are blue or lonely or stricken by some humiliating thing you did, the cure and the hope is in caring about other people.

Just because someone is single doesn't mean they're lonely. Some people are in relationships and they've forgotten what happiness is.

Nor law, nor duty bade me fight, Nor public men, nor cheering crowds, A lonely impulse of delight Drove to this tumult in the clouds.

If Atheists are lonely and downtrodden, we have only ourselves to blame. Numerically, we are strong. Let's start punching our weight.

You will always have a tough fight when you are expressing yourself and not impressing people. The path of truth is a lonely journey.

I had grown tired of standing in the lean and lonely front line facing the greatest enemy that ever confronted man -- public opinion.

I think 'Lost Boy' is just really relatable. You can be any age from any place in life, and you're bound to feel lonely at some point.

There's a certain kind of lonely man who rejects love, because he believes that anyone who offers it wouldn't be a lover worth having.

I've always lived in a city. I'm very social, and in a place like New York, even if you're alone on the subway, you never feel lonely.

Mom told me, “It probably gets pretty lonely to be Grandma, don’t you think?” I told her, “It probably gets pretty lonely to be anyone

If I'm such a legend, then why am I so lonely? Let me tell you, legends are all very well if you've got somebody around who loves you.

For me, making films is about trying to work something out by myself in quite a lonely way. I find the whole thing very lonely really.

Pray for the strength to walk the high road, which at times may be lonely but which will lead to peace and happiness and joy supernal.

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