Libba Bray Quotes

In those early years in New York when I was a stranger in a big city, it was the companionship and later friendship which I was offered in the Linnean Society that was the most important thing in my life.

When I was a kid - 10, 11, 12, 13 - the thing I wanted most in the world was a best friend. I wanted to be important to people; to have people that understood me. I wanted to just be close to somebody.

All I want is for people, when they read my books, to feel companioned, to feel they're not alone in the world.

What does it mean to not be alone? I've approached that question through music, technology, writing and other means.

I knew there were a lot of friends out there, and I wanted to be with them.

We have all known the long loneliness, and we have found that the answer is community.

If one is desperate for love, I suggest looking at one's friends and family and see if love is all around. If not, get a new set of friends, a new family.

I turn to books for a feeling of companionship: for somebody knowing what I have known.

Human beings are not designed to be alone. None of God's creatures are.

There are some people who make you feel less lonely.

The solution to alone-ness is not more solitude, but companionship and community.

I'm all for any place, any way, any media that can help people connect with somebody and not be lonely.

I really, really need community.

I am your homegirl, at the end of the day, but I also feel very... outside. So if you're finding solace in feeling outside with me, then we're good to go.

When people are with me, who can say I am alone.

At this point, I feel like I have roots in a lot of places. I have friends who have put down roots, in Seattle and San Francisco and Portland, and I feel very close to them.

For whoever is lonely there is a tavern.

By building relations we create a source of love and personal pride and belonging that makes living in a chaotic world easier.

Your friend is your needs answered.

I don't need fame and I don't need power and I don't need wealth. I'm in need of friends, which I have found in abundance.

Everyone desires relationships and community. Most people want to belong to a cohesive, like-minded group. It staves off loneliness. It promotes identity. These are natural and very human instincts.

At least I had that, one guy understood me.

There's nothing more confirming in your life than looking in front of you and seeing some really amazing people who you care a lot about who care a lot about you.

Everybody needs somebody.

The wide world is all before us - but a world without a friend.