Emil Cioran Quotes

I'm at my best when there's distance between me and a man.

Nobody else is going to protect yourself. You've got to protect yourself.

I'm not tough, and I never have been. I suppose over the years I've built up kind of a veneer to protect myself because I have functioned on my own for a long, long time, and I have never had a lot of flunkies preceding me to clear the way.

I just get really defensive as soon as anyone comes near my personal life. I made a decision early on that it's strictly off-limits. No exceptions.

I don't care about a social life.

It emasculated people to be protected in this way... [They should] be used to protecting themselves.

Woman must not depend upon the protection of man, but must be taught to protect herself.

We should be able to defend ourselves by ourselves.

I keep to myself a lot, I guess.

You grow up rough, you think differently. You think you've got to protect yourself at all times. I didn't want any help. I thought I could do everything by myself, which you can't.

I'll leave my house if I need to. Otherwise I'm super comfortable in my own space, in my own company.

People should just let me be.

I like my space.

The thing to do is to build a fortress within yourself.

If he must be alone, he would make solitude his armor.

I have my books And my poetry to protect me; I am shielded in my armor, Hiding in my room, safe within my womb. I touch no one and no one touches me. I am a rock, I am an island.

Jude's rule number five: Never get to close to anyone or anything that you can't walk away at a moment's notice if you have to. When you have to.

I just love my privacy.

Even though there will be times when I'll need to protect myself - there will definitely be times when I'll have to put up my guard just to monitor what comes in and out of my life - there's a grace there... no pun intended!

Self-preservation is the first law of nature.

Solitude is un-American.

I've always been a loner, and I've spent most of my life as a single person.

The strongest man in the world is he who stands most 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.