“... In our family, if you said the words 'I feel,' they better be followed with 'hungry' or 'cold'. Because we didn't get personal, that's just how it was.”
Lonely feeling
Lonely Quotes — page 112 of 309
“Hearts will break - yet brokenly, live on.”
“None are so desolate but something dear, Dearer than self, possesses or possess'd A thought, and claims the homage of a tear.”
“My father is incapable of showing much affection, or even of carrying on a conversation. I didn't want to have a relationship with him just because he's my blood relative. It would bore me.”
“People ask me what's like to hear our song on the radio. I don't know, I don't listen to the radio”
“I have to admit I've found myself doing the same things that a lot of other rock stars do or are forced to do. Which is not being able to respond to mail, not being able to keep up on current music, and I'm pretty much locked away a lot. The outside world is pretty foreign to me.”
“In an unmoored life like mine, sleep and hunger and work arrange themselves to suit themselves, without consulting me.”
“I don't like nostalgia unless it's mine.”
“Whenever I write about motherhood - and I write about it a lot - I am drawing on my experiences as a mother and also my experiences as a daughter.”
“There is no insurmountable solitude.”
“As small as a world as large as alone.”
“They had nothing in common but the English language.”
“When you come back you will not be you. And I may not be I.”
“People should never sit alone for too long when they're crying.”
“People often expect the other person to respond first in a positive way, instead of taking the initiative to create that possibility. I feel that's wrong; it can act as a barrier that just promotes a feeling of isolation from others. To overcome feelings of isolation and loneliness, your underlying attitude makes a tremendous difference - approaching others with the thought of compassion in your mind is the best way.”
“We are born helpless. As soon as we are fully conscious we discover loneliness.”
“In your life you meet people. Some you never think about again. Some, you wonder what happened to them. There are some that you wonder if they ever think about you. And then there are some that you wish you never have to think about again. But you do.”
“It occurred to me that if I were a ghost, this ambiance was what I'd miss most: the ordinary, day-to-day bustle of the living. Ghosts long, I'm sure, for the stupidest, most unremarkable things.”
“All the lonely people, where do they all come from?”
“I was trying to organise my DVDs into a sort of chronological order, and I am afraid that it all trailed off after the Sixties.”