Quotes About Isolation

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.

That is part of the beauty of all literature. You discover that your longings are universal longings, that you're not lonely and isolated from anyone. You belong.

But when a person commits suicide, he does not do violence only to himself; he inflicts death upon those whom he least considered would be so afflicted.

Now listen...You are young and you don't know many things, but do remember this: you are alone in this earth. Alone. You must act for yourself and no other. Kindness is not appreciated anymore, nor friendship. Think of yourself before you think of others. It's a cruel world and you have to be hard and cruel, too. They will strangle you if you don't strangle them first. Trust no one but your judgment--and even then, don't trust too much.

I feel so alone," she said. "You don't realize how much space someone takes up until they're gone and there's too much emptiness. This place never echoed before. Now it does." She was mystified.

Years have passed since my heart's been anyone's destination,/ and its wounds, in this desolation,/ have lost their sheen--/ Whom can I possibly ask to pour color into them? --from "Two Elegies: 1. Appointments

''You are born alone , complete your tasks as such ''

When I'm home alone I just dance by myself And you pull my head so close volume goes with the truth Signing off 'I'm alright in bed but I'm better with a pen' The kid was alright but it went to his head

We're the new face of failure Prettier and younger but not any better off Bullet proof loneliness At best, at best

There is no way that isolated, authoritarian societies can advance very far in science. Science needs free exchange. Einstein said that "everything that is really great and inspiring is created by the individual who can labor in freedom.

We have often had this particular exchange about climate and landscape and why we both feel so lonely here uprooted. It was what each of us had wanted of course. Besides wanting to experience a place we hated, we wanted to be insomniacs and loners, losers and drop-outs. To know the sky was the only location of meaning and joy left to us.

If you listen to the political discourse in America today, you would think that all our problems have been caused by the Mexicans of the Chinese or the Muslims. The reality is that we have caused our own problems. Whatever has happened has been caused by isolating ourselves or blaming others.

Muddy Hole was not connected to St. John's at all except by a tenuous trail which, it is believed, was made some centuries ago by a very old caribou who was not only blind but also afflicted with the staggers.

Mary Fisher has built her tower around her, and cemented the stone with banknotes, and lined the walls inside with stolen love, but still she is not safe. She has a mother.

She said it was because I wasn't Jewish, but I knew the truth. She was laughing behind my back at me. I know she was. She made me unable to function. They all did. They all laughed at me.

E che volete che venga a fare? Per vedere l'elefante di piazza del Duomo? Voialtri vi siete fitto in capo che questa sia una città, e non volete capire che invece è un miserabile paesuccio ignorato nel resto del mondo. Donn'Isabella, dite voi: quando mai l'avete udito nominare, fuori?...»

Loneliness is a heavy burden, but i'd rather be alone than make compromises.

Pero el 2 no ha sido nunca un número es una angustia y su sombra...

To be silent and consumed by fire is the worst punishment on earth

Cuando el chino lloraba en el tejado sin encontrar el desnudo de su mujer y el director del banco observaba el manómetro que mide el cruel silencio de la moneda, el mascarón llegaba a Wall Street.

Vuestras lágrimas son lágrimas de los ojos nada más, y las mías vendrán cuando yo esté sola, de las plantas de mis pies, de mis raíces, y serán más ardientes que la sangre.

No duerme nadie por el mundo. Nadie, nadie. No duerme nadie. Hay un muerto en el cementerio más lejano que se queja tres años porque tiene un paisaje seco en la rodilla;

Dio deve avermi lasciata sola nelle tenebre, perché ti vedo come se non ti avessi mai vista.

Ti dirò la sola cosa che ho imparato nella vita: la gente non fa altro che chiudersi in casa a fare le cose che ama di meno.