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Alone Quotes (page 56)

True the Black woman did the housework, the drudgery; true, she reared the children, often alone, but she did all of that while occupying a place on the job market, a place her mate could not get or which his pride would not let him accept. And she had nothing to fall back on: not maleness, not whiteness, not ladyhood, not anything. And out of the profound desolation of her reality she may very well have invented herself. Toni Morrison
She looked at me and the expression on her face was an expression of dislike, one I hadn't seen before but knew right away. Later I would see it turned toward other people. But the first time was looking at me and was because she believed she'd done all she could that was correct and the best thing, and it had only gotten her stuck with me. And I couldn't do anything that mattered. Though if I could I would've had my father be there, or Warren Miller, or somebody who had the right words that... Richard Ford
Sleeping. Turning in turn like planets rotating in their midnight meadow: a touch is enough to let us know we're not alone in the universe, even in sleep. Adrienne Rich
Great problems that face the world today in both the private and the public sphere cannot be solved by women? or by men? alone. They can only be surmounted by men and women side by side. Anne Morrow Lindbergh
William O. Douglas quote: "The right to be let alone is indeed the beginning of all freedom."
The right to be let alone is indeed the beginning of all freedom. William O. Douglas
I’m not sure that I care for the idea of strangers examining my daily habits and folkways, studying my language, inspecting my costume, questioning me about my religion, classifying my artifacts, investigating my sexual rites and evaluating my chances for cultural survival. So I lived alone. Edward Abbey
Anne Lamott quote: "My mind is a neighborhood I try not to go into alone."
My mind is a neighborhood I try not to go into alone. Anne Lamott
Why do not the mothers of mankind interfere in these matters, to prevent the waste of that human life of which they alone bear and know the cost? Julia Ward Howe
Khalil Gibran quote: "The silence of aloneness reveals to their eyes their naked..."
The silence of aloneness reveals to their eyes their naked selves and they would escape. Khalil Gibran
Patrick Henry quote: "The battle, sir, is not to the strong alone; it is to the..."
The battle, sir, is not to the strong alone; it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave. Patrick Henry
When shall I at last retire into solitude alone, without companions, without joy and without sorrow, with only the sacred certainty that all is a dream? When, in my rags—without desires—shall I retire contented into the mountains? When, seeing that my body is merely sickness and crime, age and death, shall I—free, fearless, and blissful—retire to the forest? When? When, oh when? Nikos Kazantzakis
Marilyn Monroe quote: "It's better to be unhappy alone than unhappy with someone."
It's better to be unhappy alone than unhappy with someone. Marilyn Monroe
Dietrich Bonhoeffer quote: "The only man who has the right to say that he is justified by..."
The only man who has the right to say that he is justified by grace alone is the man who has left all to follow Christ. Dietrich Bonhoeffer
The indefatigable pursuit of an unattainable perfection ...***...is what alone gives meaning to our life on this unavailing star. Logan Pearsall Smith
Never shall a young man, Thrown into despair. By those great honey-coloured. Ramparts at your ear, Love you for yourself alone. And not your yellow hair. William Butler Yeats

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