#loneliness

In utter loneliness a writer tries to explain the inexplicable. ↗

— John Steinbeck

#inexplicable #loneliness #tries #utter #writer

The principal contributor to loneliness in this country is television. What happens is that the family 'gets together' alone. ↗

— Ashley Montagu

#contributor #country #family #gets #happens

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

— Michael Jackson

#brothers #cry #fights #great #had

If you write fiction, you're by yourself. There are certain advantages to that in that you don't have to explain anything to anybody. But when you get in with others who share the loneliness of the whole enterprise, you're not lonely anymore. ↗

— Denis Johnson

#anybody #anymore #anything #certain #enterprise

Dinner conversations with telemarketers are so much livelier than saying you’re not interested and then checking your new message afterwards. ↗

— Bauvard

#humor #loneliness #phones #telemarketing #funny

For better or worse, she was the lady Soraya. And the lady Soraya would never dream of missing the warm bulk of Casia's body between her and the hearth, or the comforting drone of Ludo's snores. Or the wry laughter of a slave... a slave, for Azura's sake! The lady Soraya needed no one. The lady Soraya cried herself to sleep. ↗

— Hilari Bell

#loneliness #soraya #dreams

As far as loneliness, I feel Los Angeles and its layout, having to drive everywhere - it is a lonely place. It's an isolated city in that respect because you're driving to places alone listening to the radio. ↗

— Jason Schwartzman

#angeles #as far as #because #city #drive

I like being alone and I think this movie, as much as it is an investigation of connection and people bonding, I also think it's just as much about loneliness. ↗

— Jason Schwartzman

#alone #also #being #being alone #bonding

I really love baseball. The guys and the game, and I love the challenge of describing things. The only thing I hate - and I know you have to be realistic and pay the bills in this life - is the loneliness on the road. ↗

— Vin Scully

#bills #challenge #describing #game #guys

It would be really wonderful if people connected to the loneliness of what it means to be a human being in the world today. ↗

— Elisabeth Shue

#connected #human #human being #loneliness #means