Alexandra Bracken Quotes

Everyone has their moments of solitude, difficulties, and vulnerability.

There is a difference between solitude and isolation. One is connected and one isn't. Solitude replenishes, isolation diminishes.

All of our unhappiness comes from our inability to be alone.

When everything is lonely I can be my best friend.

The time you feel lonely is the time you most need to be by yourself.

If you are lonely when you are alone, you are in poor company.

What people don't realize is that everybody needs support, one way or another.

I have a huge, active imagination, and I think I'm really scared of being alone; because if I'm left to my own devices, I'll just turn into a madwoman.

Solitude is pleasant. Loneliness is not.

I need some isolation, it's necessary to me, that's just who I am. I need to be left alone.

Sometimes I get lonely, but it's nice to be alone.

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'm really honored that Bon Iver gives me a platform to do whatever I want, but there's only so much time you can spend digging through yourself before you become insular. I'm not in a hurry to go back to that temperature.

Solitude vivifies; isolation kills.

Sitting on a bedroom floor crying is something that makes you feel really alone. If someone's singing about that feeling, you feel bonded to that person.

Share shame so you are not left alone with it. If you can't find another person, get a journal. I didn't say make a video on Snapchat. It's for you, not anyone else.

I found that with depression, one of the most important things you could realise is that you're not alone.

I was living alone, so I'd get quite lonely and running became a way to combat my loneliness and de-stress.

I'm always in the right headspace! I live pretty much in isolation, so there are really no distractions. That's not a manufactured thing; it's just the way I live.

I need to stay busy. Otherwise, I am like so many people, alone with my thoughts, and I can be my own worst enemy.

Celebrities can suffer a horrible loneliness even though they have millions of fans. I started doing meditations because I realized that a spiritual path was necessary.

You may not enjoy loneliness, because loneliness is sad. But solitude is something else; solitude is what you look forward to when you want to be alone, when you want to be with yourself. So, solitude is something we all need from time to time.

Solitude, seeming a sanctuary, proves a grave; a sepulchre in which the living lie, where all good qualities grow sick and die

Be careful dear that you don’t end up as the queen of a lonely kingdom

In solitude, where we are least alone.