Mark Twain Quotes

I'm actually quite self-sufficient, so it might look as if there isn't room for anyone in my life. That isn't entirely the case.

I don't belong to anyone.

Never be the only one, except, possibly, in your own home.

A lot of people prefer to be alone. They would rather be a palm tree on an island. I don't get it.

I do think of myself as a bit of a loner, a bit of an independent. I'm one of those people who, when they're sick, like to curl up and remove myself. I don't like a lot of people around. There is nothing you can do to help.

I've always been alone. I grew up alone. I like it that way. Even when I'm in an arena surrounded by 10,000 people, I'm alone in my head.

I like to write about the solitary things people do. Humans seem to function best when they're alone.

I sometimes feel like it's my world and everyone is just visiting.

She would not exchange her solitude for anything. Never again to be forced to move to the rhythms of others.

When you're alone, it's easier," she said a little wistfully. "You can do what you want. You don't have to go home.

To remain alone did not seem to me a terrible fate, no worse than being falsely joined to another person.

It is better to live alone, there is no companionship with a fool.

I don't like to be labeled as lonely just because I am alone.

Solitude is independence.

I like the idea of being alone. I like the idea of often being alone in all aspects of my life. I like to feel lonely. I like to need things.

Be able to live alone, even if you don't want to and think you will never find it necessary.

When everything is lonely I can be my best friend.

I've spent so much of my life travelling alone, so I keep things to myself.

I don't collaborate. You're born alone, you die alone, you get on stage alone.

To live alone is the fate of all great souls.

We're all in this alone.

There's a tremendous difference between alone and lonely. You could be lonely in a group of people. I like being alone. I like eating by myself. I go home at night and just watch a movie or hang out with my dog. I have to exert myself and really say, oh God, I've got to see my friends 'cause I'm too content being by myself.

Because as an only child, you have your own little world.

Remember we're all in this alone.