Max Muller 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.

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

It is better to be alone than unwelcome. - Eve

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

I really don't like that modern notion of 'I don't need anyone.' I see a lot of young women feeling they have to be that way, they have to be hard, in a way. And what does that bring them? They're just going to be lonesome. They're going to be, at best, lonesome and capable, at worst, lonesome and hard. And is that what we want? No.

I don't belong to anyone.

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.

All alone! Whether you like it or not, alone is something you'll be quite a lot!

That was the thing about being alone, in theory or in principle. Whatever happened - good, bad, or anywhere in between - it was always, if nothing else, all your own.

When you don’t have many friends and you don’t have a social life you’re kind of left looking at things, not doing things. There’s a weird freedom in not having people treat you like you’re part of society or where you have to fulfill social relationships.

I'm used to living alone, and I like it that way. You become so selfish living alone...I'd make a terrible husband anyway.

Aloneness and selfness are too important to betray for company.

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.

But if you do not find an intelligent companion, a wise and well-behaved person going the same way as yourself, then go on your way alone, like a king abandoning a conquered kingdom, or like a great elephant in the deep forest.

You know, one of my fears about living alone so long is that you get used to doing everything your own way.

I guess I am basically most comfortable when I'm alone. As a kid, I was very much a loner. I love long distance running and long distance biking. A director once pointed out that those are all very isolated exercises you do for hours at a time.

All my habits through life have been singularly removed from any condition of reliance on others, and the feeling - right or wrong - that aloneness is my proper position has prevailed since my early childhood, no doubt nourished and strengthened by many and quick-following bereavements.

Living by myself out in Malibu has been really good. I kind of have my freedom; I've got a whole house to myself. The tough part comes when sometimes, you know, you get pretty lonely.

I was born to be alone, and I always shall be; but now I want to be.

I don't want to be alone, I want to be left alone.

I'd rather be by myself, really, than have, like, a million posse around me.

I think sadly that Morse thinks that he can exist on his own and he only realises at the end that he can't and never really has been able to. I feel sorry for him.