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Thus in the winter stands the lonely tree, Nor knows what birds have vanished one by one, Yet knows its boughs more silent than before
For in the end, freedom is a personal and lonely battle; and one faces down fears of today so that those of tomorrow might be engaged.
The stars, that nature hung in heaven, and filled their lamps with everlasting oil, give due light to the misled and lonely traveller.
The lonely sunsets flare forlorn Down valleys dreadly desolate; The lonely mountains soar in scorn As still as death, as stern as fate.
No amount of rationalisation, reform, or Freudian analysis can quite annul the thrill of the chimney-corner whisper or the lonely wood.
Writing fiction is a solitary occupation but not really a lonely one. The writer's head is mobbed with characters, images and language.
Everyone is lonely sometimes, even married people. But most single women (as well as women with spouses) actually enjoy their solitude.
I think I've been good at getting into lonely and troubled characters because, not to brag, but I'm the complete opposite in real life.
Somewhere there's a someone for me. Though I may be lonely now, I'll see it through somehow, to somebody's heart I know I hold the key.
I'm complicated, sentimental, lovable, honest, loyal, decent, generous, likable, and lonely. My personality is not split; it's shredded.
I didn't take writing seriously at first - I didn't think I could do it. When I did, I fell in love with it. But writing is very lonely.
Writing is a tribute to solitude. It is choosing introversion over extroversion, lonely hours/days/weeks/years over fun and sociability.
When you don't work together you can't emerge as a force. It becomes what some call a "lonely struggle" and individual self-destruction.
I moved out to L.A. from New York... and I remember feeling, kind of like anyone does when they first move, so very lonely and isolated.
One must flee those places where life throbs and seek out lonely spots untouched by human hand in order to lift the magic veil of nature
When you are lonely, when you feel yourself an alien in the world, play Chess. This will raise your spirits and be your counselor in war
In misery's darkest cavern known, His useful care was ever nigh Where hopeless anguish pour'd his groan, And lonely want retir'd to die.
I am no more lonely than the loon in the pond that laughs so loud, or than Walden Pond itself. What company has that lonely lake,I pray?
Writing a book is a very lonely business. You are totally cut off from the rest of the world, submerged in your obsessions and memories.
It sounds lonely being Bob Dylan, because Bob Dylan likes being around other Bob Dylans, and there are not many other Bob Dylans around.
I wonder if there were any goths in gothic times. They're like: You look completely appropriate. You don't look stupid or lonely at all.
Changing schools and friends is hard on children and can often make them desperate and lonely enough to form closer ties with a sibling.
I'm only lonely when I'm driving in my car. I'm only lonely after dark. I'm only lonely when I watch my TV. I'm only lonely occasionally.
I lived at home and found myself really, really lonely because all my friends were enjoying college and partying, and I didn't have that.
I learned that I enjoy directing a lot more than I enjoy writing, which is interesting, because writing is lonely and infamous basically.
Warmth, kindness, and friendship are the most yearned for commodities in the world. The person who can provide them will never be lonely.
O Hope! Dazzling, radiant Hope! What a change thou bringest to the hopeless; brightening the darkened paths, and cheering the lonely way.
Out in the lonely woods the jasmine burns Its fragrant lamps, and turns Into a royal court with green festoons The banks of dark lagoons.
Living the past is a dull and lonely business; looking back strains the neck muscles, causing you to bump into people not going your way.
Stand-up comedy is a really lonely profession: you 'perform for 2000 people, then you go to a hotel room by yourself and stare at a wall.
Blow out, you bugles, over the rich Dead! There's none of these so lonely and poor of old, But, dying, has made us rarer gifts than gold.
I like to be against the odds. I'm not afraid to be lonely at the top. With me, it's just the satisfaction of the game. Just performance.
None of us can predict when the causes we support will capture the public imagination, and our once-lonely quests become popular crusades.
She had become accustomed to being lonely. She was used to walking alone and to being considered 'different.' She did not suffer too much.
I write all the time because I'm lonely. When you're acting, you're working every day all day. But then you have long amounts of time off.
When you're away, I'm restless, lonely, wretched, bored, dejected; only here's the rub, my darling dear, I feel the same when you're near.
It can be a lonely place when you are injured. You miss being out there with your team-mates and just experiencing the highs and the lows.
People are lonely. They want company and your book can provide them company and a little bit of hope. And there's nothing wrong with that.
All the birds have flown up and gone; A lonely cloud floats leisurely by. We never tire of looking at each other - Only the mountain and I.
It's only lonely at the top if you forget all the people you met along the way and fail to acknowledge their contributions to your success.
For the first time, I lived alone... in a luxury apartment on Sunset Strip. For a few days I loved the idea, but I got lonely and restless.
It gets lonely. I miss my family on stage. This might change one day. I'm certainly not going to say I'm not going to work with them again.
So many Hollywood actresses become successful and then just keep on going - they miss out on having a partner and a baby and end up lonely.
It sounds cliched, but superheroes can be lonely, vain, arrogant and proud. Often they overcome these human frailties for the greater good.
Writing a novel is an intense and lonely business, but you have the reward at the end of a very direct dialogue between you and the reader.
I'm always in the car in L.A., so I see the people I work with - and, thank God, I adore the people I work with - but it's a little lonely.
But you see, that's the gilded prison of fashion. We're riding in private jets, and meantime I was so incredibly, painfully sad and lonely.
By rights, satire is a lonely and introspective occupation, for nobody can describe a fool to the life without much patient self-inspection.
It's a lonely position and those are the margins you play in as a goalkeeper - you simply cannot make mistakes because you will be punished.
If you see a lonely homeless, ask this question: Where the hell the society is? And here is the answer: It is rotten and enjoying somewhere!