May Sarton Quotes

This whole thing about a woman staying alone and being happy is just a myth. Everyone needs someone in their lives.

I've been very lucky and I have a happy old age with good family and friends still around.

Having people I love around me - friends and family - is great, but I don't necessarily need a relationship.

I have very few friends. I have a handful of close friends, and I have my family, and I haven't known life to be any happier.

Success is nothing if you don't have the right people to share it with; you're just gonna end up lonely.

When one is too old for love, one finds great comfort in good dinners.

People don't realize the great happiness there is in living to be very old and together all the time.

I'm a happy man, because I am successful in what I do, of course; but what makes me most happy is I have people around me that I love and who love me back. This, for me, is the most important thing. Nobody likes to be alone.

I have people who love me and people that I love and a man that I love. So in that sense, I feel that I'm pretty well rounded.

If you have a good inner life, you don't get lonely. I've got a good imagination. I don't miss romance.

If I'm not in love, if I'm not with a long-term companion, I cannot be happy.

I wouldn't like to grow old alone.

I have wonderful friends. I'm not just a lonely old lady.

It's going to sound cheesy, but if I have family and friends I don't really care where I am.

A man may be cheerful and contented in celibacy, but I do not think he can ever be happy; it is an unnatural state, and the best feelings of his nature are never called into action.

How does one keep from "growing old inside"? Surely only in community. The only way to make friends with time is to stay friends with people.... Taking community seriously not only gives us the companionship we need, it also relieves us of the notion that we are indispensable.

I don't need anything as long as I have my family, friends, millions of dollars, unlimited pussy.

I'm at the age where I want two girls. In case I fall asleep they will have someone to talk to.

There's a big difference between being a loner and being lonely. I'm far from lonely. My day is full of things I enjoy, starting with my show. Any time my work is going well and I have a relationship with a woman that's pretty solid, that does it for me.

I used to be the kind of person who needed to have a lot of people around. That's where I found my serenity.

As I've grown older, the simple pleasure of sitting on the couch with someone you love and watching a documentary is about as good as it gets for me.

Animals are born and bred in litters. Solitude grows blessed and peaceful only in old age.

The older you get, the more you realize you need a handful of good, close, tight friends.

Personally, I'd rather grow old alone than in the company of anyone I've met so far. I don't experience myself as lonely, incomplete, or unfulfilled, but I don't talk about that much. It seems to piss people off--especially men. (Kinsey Millhone)