Aharon Appelfeld Quotes

I was never less alone than when by myself.

It's hard to just kinda get some privacy and do your own thing.

I've been around so many people for so long that I take great delight in my own company.

I might have sung party numbers, but I love to party alone.

There might be some hours of loneliness. But there was something wonderful even in loneliness. At least you belonged to yourself when you were lonely.

A man can be himself only so long as he is alone.

Loneliness is a prerequisite for freedom. Freedom depends on the ability to reflect, and reflection can only begin when one is alone.

Nothing can be done without solitude. I've created my own solitude which nobody suspects

So it is necessary that we should learn to be alone.

Solitude, though it may be silent as light, is like light, the mightiest of agencies; for solitude is essential to man. All men come into this world alone and leave it alone.

I love being by myself.

I spend an awful lot of time by myself and enjoy that.

I like being by myself.

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

I remember being alone a lot as a child, and I still love to be alone.

I need my time to be lonely.

I don't think I've ever been lonely in my entire life. I love to shut my front door and be on my own.

Yes, I do seek solitude, but I am never lonely.

I love being alone.

I like my own company.

In general, I feel very happy with how I got to have time on my own at least a little bit outside of the public eye.

I've got no problem being on my own. I like the way my imagination works.

Maybe I don't need a relationship after all, she thought. Maybe thinking about these conversations was just as good as having them. She could sit in her Honda in the dark and experience whatever kind of life she wanted. Sometimes you think, Hey, maybe there's something else out there. But there really isn't. This is what being alive feels like, you know? The place doesn't matter. You just live.

For those who know the value of and exquisite taste of solitary freedom (for one is only free when alone), the act of leaving is the bravest and most beautiful of all.

For now she need not think of anybody. She could be herself, by herself. And that was what now she often felt the need of - to think; well not even to think. To be silent; to be alone.