Quotes About Isolation

I have no friends. The more you learn about the dignity of the gorilla, the more you want to avoid people.

I never said, 'I want to be alone.' I only said, 'I want to be let alone!' There is all the difference.

I was considered the black sheep of the family, neighbours didn't want their kids playing with me.

its hard to talk when you want to kill yourself

People look at me and keep walking - but you can tell they know who I am. I want them to bug me. Its gonna be a sad day when they dont.

The people that I photographed allowed me to photograph them because they didn't want to be alone, and the truth is I didn't want to be alone making the pictures.

Know what a loner is? He's a born cripple. He's a cripple because the only person he can live with is himself. It's his life, the way he wants to live. It's all for him.

Michael Scofield is someone everyone can relate to, but nobody would want to be in his shoes.

After I reached my teens I decided I didn't want to hang out with anyone. I couldn't handle the stupidity.

There are times in my life when I just want to be by myself.

I'm very sensitive. It's always been something I'm very in tune with. I am very emotional. Sometimes to the point of where I just want to hide away, because I can't get a handle on myself.

There is that small chance I'll get what I want; to be someone to relate to for anyone who is as alienated, awkward, spastic and passionate as me.

I don't like getting out when I could be painting. And when I'm painting, I don't want anybody else around.

Wouldn't it be nice if all the people who are lonesome could live in one big dormitory, sleep in beds next to each other, talk, laugh, and keep the lights on as long as they want to?

I wonder whats wrong with me. Sometimes I just keep wanting to go deeper and deeper into the world of self destruction. Like as if I want to see myself fail completely and disappear.

I do not read newspapers. I do not watch television. I am not interested in current events, although I will occasionally discuss them if other people want to discuss them.

What would you be like if you were the only person in the world? If you want to be truly happy you must be that person.

I have Graham Greene's telephone number, but I wouldn't dream of using it. I don't seek out writers because we all want to be alone.

I don't have no friends. I don't want no friends. That's how I feel.

"Gun-wielding recluse gunned down by local police" isn't the epitaph I want. I am hoping for "Witnesses reported the sound up to two hundred kilometers away" or "Last body part finally located".

We movie stars all end up by ourselves. Who knows? Maybe we want to.

I only said, 'I want to be left alone.'

Nobody's bought this land. And no one's going to want it either. It's dying land, lonely land." "Like me, then," I said. "Yes, like you." You chewed the corner of your lip. "You both need saving.

I'm a grenade, I just want to stay away from people and read books, and think.