Mark E. Smith Quotes

It suddenly seemed to me that I was lonely, that every one was forsaking me and going away from me. Of course, any one is entitled to ask who "every one" was. For though I had been living almost eight years in Petersburg I had hardly an acquaintance. But what did I want with acquaintances? I was acquainted with all Petersburg as it was.

I really want to disappear, grow a beard, not talk to anyone, not make any friends... I just want to disappear and study.

Even though I write about the human race, the further away from them, the better I feel. Two miles is great; two thousand miles is beautiful.

Those reflective moments for me usually come from loneliness and separation from people.

I would be at home reading, because I felt so disconnected from humanity.

But 'midst the crowd, the hum, the shock of men, To hear, to see, to feel, and to possess, And roam along, the world's tired denizen, With none who bless us, none whom we can bless.

He walked on in silence, the solitary sound of his footsteps echoing in his head, as in a deserted street, at dawn. His solitude was so complete, beneath a lovely sky as mellow and serene as a good conscience, amid that busy throng, that he was amazed at his own existence; he must be somebody else's nightmare, and whoever it was would certainly awaken soon.

I have no privacy. But I feel so alone.

Loneliness in a crowd of people was the worst kind of loneliness, but she couldn't help it.

In solitude the lonely man is eaten up by himself, among crowds by the many.

There is no loneliness like the loneliness of crowds, especially to those who are unaccustomed to them.

I am alone, I thought, and they are everybody.

There's only two ways to be completely alone in this world, lost in a crowd or in total isolation.

Living in Hollywood, you can get disconnected from everybody. You can feel like you are the only one.

With some people solitariness is an escape not from others but from themselves. For they see in the eyes of others only a reflection of themselves.

There's this thing of you can live in a city and be completely alone, not notice anything going on around you.

That idea of escapism... these words could sum up my life.

I felt a bit bookish, cut off from life.

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.

I'm disappearing, avoiding most things.

I don't have a lot of friends.

I am alone; I am always alone no matter what.

When you're surrounded by all these people, it can be even lonelier than when you're by yourself. You can be in a huge crowd, but if you don't feel like you can trust anybody or talk to anybody, you feel like you're really alone.

I'm so secluded. Very alone.

The man in the street is always a stranger.