Quotes About Isolation

We are fools to depend upon the society of our fellow-men. Wretched as we are, powerless as we are, they will not aid us; we shall die alone.

Alienation is a form of living death. It is the acid of despair that dissolves society.

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Society is no comfort, to one not sociable.

It is said of a lonely man that he does not appreciate the life of society. This is like saying he hates hiking because he dislikes walking in thick forest on a dark night.

After all, for mankind as a whole there are no exports. We did not start developing by obtaining foreign exchange from Mars or the moon. Mankind is a closed society.

Being alone in our present society raises an important question about identity and well-being.

Love of privacy - perhaps because of the increasing exactions of society - has become in many people almost pathological.

Isolation must precede true society.

Each person was himself one alone. One oneness, a unit in a society, but always afraid, always alone. If I should scream, if I should call for help, would anyone hear would it even matter?

Outside of society, if you're looking that's where you'll find me.

The only way to avoid all frightening choices is to leave society and become a hermit, and that is a frightening choice.

No more fiendish punishment could be devised, were such a thing physically possible, than that one should be turned loose in society and remain absolutely unnoticed.

I feel that if I ever did adjust to prison, I could by that alone never adjust to society.

Fit yourself for the best society, and then, never enter it.

You think I alienate myself from society? Of course I alienate myself from society. It's the only way I know of not being constantly reminded of all the ways I'm alienated from society.

I always enjoyed the hearty society of a snowstorm.

Society is the picnic certain individuals leave early, the party they fail to enjoy, the musical comedy they find not worth the price of admission.

We're a terribly lonesome society. For all I know, all societies are. You can make a few new friends, that's all. You can't change history. History is happening to us now.

To die is not to play a part in society; it is the act of a single person. Let us live and laugh among our friends; let us die and sulk among strangers.

The old gal was only another lonely creature in a world that didn't care

Songs don't have to be about going out on Saturday night and having a good rink-up and driving home and crashing cars. A lot of what I've done is about alienation... about where you fit in society.

Society's dark hull drifts further and further away. It is this place - the place of our separation, our distinction - that much of his poetry occupies.

Now and again, it is necessary to seclude yourself among deep mountain and hidden valleys to restore your link to the source of life.