Jennifer Ehle Quotes

There were times when I had great times with my brothers, pillow fights and things, but I was, used to always cry from loneliness.

We can all understand that feeling of being alone in the world trying to find ways to not be alone.

I live by myself, so I derive a lot of joy from being with my friends and their families.

There are no words to express the abyss between isolation and having one ally. It may be conceded to the mathematician that four is twice two. But two is not twice one; two is two thousand times one.

No one can live without friendship, because what would you do all day without friends?

No one really wants to admit they are lonely, and it is never really addressed very much between friends and family. But I have felt lonely many times in my life.

If you have a friend, things are better than if you didn't have a friend.

I'm not crazy about having lots of time to myself. Whenever I come back from filming away, I immediately want to go and see my friends and my family and re-establish my life. I can fill time when I'm alone, but I love being around other people.

As an only child, I may have been alone a lot, but I was never lonely. My invisible friends were my constant companions.

One major challenge within happiness is loneliness. The more I've learned about happiness, the more I've come to believe that loneliness is a terrible, common, and important obstacle to consider.

I was an only child and grew up in York where my parents ran a surgical supplies shop. When I say I wish I had brothers and sisters, friends say it's not what it's cracked up to be, but I think it must be good to have someone who knew you from the beginning.

I remember that I used to mix with my friends who had brothers and sisters. I was an only child.

Experiencing those moments of being alone... is a very, very weird flooring and exposing position to be in when you're just not used to it... But I've never been lonely. And with my kids Mia and Joe that remains the case.

Going through life solo isn't very exciting if you can't share it with somebody, you know?

The solution to alone-ness is not more solitude, but companionship and community.

I'd like to get back to my family and friends - believe it or not, I do have some real friends.

I'm an only child, and so I over-rely on my friends to lend their support.

Everyone's been lonely at some point and in need of a friend.

Sometimes life is too hard to be alone, and sometimes life is too good to be alone.

I don't know how much longer I can keep going without a friend. I used to be able to do it very easily, but that was before I knew what having a friend was like.

Solitude is only a good idea if you have the right people along to share it.

(He) had not realized how much he needed this sweet, friendly sound. How much he needed someone to settle in next to him. He didn't know that he needed to not be so solitary until at last he wasn't. So many needs in one old dog.

A day without a friend is like a pot without a single drop of honey left inside.

I wake up in the morning and I feel like I’m missing something. I know that there’s something not right, and it takes me a while to remember what it is . . . then I remember. My best friend is gone. My only friend. It was silly of me to rely so much on one person.