Alone But Not Lonely Quotes

“People would rather live in a community with unreasonable claims, than face loneliness with their truth”
― Bangambiki Habyarimana, Pearls Of Eternity

“Even when it seems that there is no one else, always remember there's one person who never ceased to love you - yourself.”
― Sanhita Baruah

“We are not lonely, because we chose to be alone.
We are not lost, because we chose to disappear.”
― Steven Wilson

“There is lonely, and there is alone time. I have found that both have etched character upon my soul.”
― Alfa

“I've learnt that solitude is sometimes a path that leads to peace”
― Carlos Ruiz Zafón, Watcher in the Shadows

“This world today makes one by the day a recluse”
― Sian Lavinia Anais Valeriana, Lavinia - Volume One

“My loneliness was an important part of my own little universe, not some pathological disease that needs to be gotten [sic] rid of.”
― Banana Yoshimoto, Amrita

“As a Wrong Planet person you may at times appear to be unsociable. You’re often dispassionate when it comes to the activities of others because they seem so mediocre to you. You sometimes find it disappointing to make friends with people who you just can’t relate to. And because of this from time to time you find yourself alone, although you don’t mind this. It’s simply that people don’t always cut it for you”
― Karl Wiggins, Wrong Planet - Searching for your Tribe

“To the loner, loneliness is a treasure that cannot be traded, even for the nicest of companies.”
― Michael Bassey Johnson, The Book of Maxims, Poems and Anecdotes

“A writer is never alone, he is always with himself”
― Bangambiki Habyarimana, Pearls Of Eternity

“I feel the pull of being alone, of answering to no one, the safety of being unknown and far away.”
― Evie Wyld, All the Birds, Singing

“Did he understand, as those interminable minutes ticked by, that being alone is not the same as being lonely? That being alone is a neutral state; [...]. Is it possible? That which is around me does not affect my mood; my mood affects that which is around me. Is it true? Could Denny have possibly appreciated the subjective nature of loneliness, which is something that exists only in the mind, not in the world, and, like a virus, is unable to survive without a willing host?”
― Garth Stein, The Art of Racing in the Rain

“I was never one to connect. I've been that way my entire life. I went to work, kept my head down, and came home. I let old friendships fizzle. I orbited my family and all of you like a distant planet - there and yet nearly impossible to reach.”
― Sequoia Nagamatsu, How High We Go in the Dark

“I like working alone. I feel freer, less constrained. I know what I have to do and I try to do it. There are no superficial hangups.”
― Oliver

“Just imagine, life to be a dance with different kind of rhythms depending on what music is playing in the background. Sometimes we may dance alone and that’s OK, as some songs are simply meant to be danced like that. Practice! Don’t stop! It’s your dance! ”
― Nico J. Genes

“Majority is not always right. The fact that many people are in support of a wrong thing does not make the thing right. After all, the number of persons who with poor reasoning capacity is higher than those with better reasoning capacity.

I don't read or care about majority's stance on a particular issue before expressing mine. I look at issues critically before expressing mine, not minding the reaction of majority.

There are more foolish people than there are wise people. People who think deeply and critically are fewer compared to those with poor thinking

I can handle majority but can't handle my conscience”
― OMOSOHWOFA CASEY

“..."Wouldn't you rather be off with some fellow who can take you to meet his parents, give you a ring someday?" "No." Mab seemed to love being married, and clearly Osla wanted to be, but Beth didn't feel that tug. She'd just got out of a household that felt like a prison; the thought of starting things up with a man who might trap her in another household someday made her want to scratch and howl.”
― Kate Quinn, The Rose Code

“How could I ever be lonely when I am with my own best self.”
― Anoir Ou-chad, The Alien

“Loneliness was like an old pair of socks I should have gotten rid of ages ago- though worn and slightly scratchy, they were somehow comfortable despite the discomfort”
― Aamna Qureshi, When a Brown Girl Flees

“Majority is not always right. The fact that many people are in support of a wrong thing does not make the thing right. After all, the number of persons with poor reasoning capacity is higher than those with better reasoning capacity.

I don't read or care about majority's stance on a particular issue before expressing mine. I look at issues critically before expressing mine, not minding the reaction of majority.

There are more foolish people than there are wise people. People who think deeply and critically are fewer compared to those with poor thinking

I can handle majority but can't handle my conscience”
― OMOSOHWOFA CASEY

“I have continued to come here for that kind of aloneness, so very different from being lonely with someone.”
― Shirley Rousseau Murphy, Cat to the Dogs

“It's better to be alone than to spend time with toxic people.
It's better to do nothing than to work on something that doesn't matter.
It's better to rest than to climb the wrong mountain.”
― James Clear

“Can’t I just be left alone, but not lonely?”
― T.H. Compton, Beautifully Built

“I love and find love in solitude. Solitude is not about being alone; it is about enjoying your own company.”
― Sujata(SLK)

“All afternoon, all evening, I lay on the couch, wrapped inside a quilt of sitcoms, the same commercials stitching them together.”
― Namwali Serpell, The Furrows

“I've fallen deep into a dark unkind hole. But I will not die. I will not die.”
― Mitta Xinindlu

“Sometimes, you don't need anybody around you. You are enough.”
― Bhuwan Thapaliya

“You’re never alone if you can count on yourself.”
― Frank Sonnenberg, BECOME: Unleash the Power of Moral Character and Be Proud of the Life You Choose

“The pain of being alone together is far greater than the ache of loneliness.

Theme from Sense of Home (A Novel of Mystical Realism, Family, and the Power of Healing)”
― NZ Kaminsky

“Finding the sweet spot between gently pushing yourself to do things that could be wonderful and allowing yourself to do absolutely nothing takes work and practice. A holiday should include a break from self-punishment, as well as a break from work and the expectations of others.”
― Amy Key, Arrangements in Blue