Julianna Baggott Quotes

It's only when you're alone that you realize where you are. You have nothing to fall back on except your own resources.

What I was reading was already part of my psyche, but finally someone else was saying it's okay to walk 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've always been alone. I grew up alone. I like it that way. Even when I'm in an arena surrounded by 10,000 people, I'm alone in my head.

We are all alone, born alone, die alone, and -- in spite of True Romance magazines -- we shall all someday look back on our lives and see that, in spite of our company, we were alone the whole way. I do not say lonely -- at least, not all the time -- but essentially, and finally, alone. This is what makes your self-respect so important, and I don't see how you can respect yourself if you must look in the hearts and minds of others for your happiness.

In what concerns you much, do not think that you have companions: know that you are alone in the world.

Solitude is independence.

A man can be himself only so long as he is alone, and if he does not love solitude, he will not love freedom, for it is only when he is alone that he is really free.

To live alone is the fate of all great souls.

We're all in this alone.

You must learn to exist with no religion, no country, no allies. You must learn to live alone in silence.

For each one of us stands alone in the midst of a universe.

You know, one of my fears about living alone so long is that you get used to doing everything your own way.

I guess I am basically most comfortable when I'm alone. As a kid, I was very much a loner. I love long distance running and long distance biking. A director once pointed out that those are all very isolated exercises you do for hours at a time.

My real guru are my experiences in life - the realisation that you are alone in this world came very early to me.

I really do work in solitude.

Unknown in Paris, I was lost in the great city, but the feeling of living there alone, taking care of myself without any aid, did not at all depress me. If sometimes I felt lonesome, my usual state of mind was one of calm and great moral satisfaction.

I like to write about the solitary things people do. Humans seem to function best when they're alone.

I was the youngest and on my own a lot. I think this probably taught me independence and how to be okay with my own company. Also, it meant I read a lot.

All human beings are lonely at the core. We come alone, we go alone.

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.

One's better off alone, and yet there are so many things that are impossible to fathom on one's own. In fact it's a terrible business and the task is a hard one.

To every man it is decreed: Thou shalt live alone. Happy they who imagine that they have escaped the common lot; happy, whilst they imagine it.

When it comes to the important things one is always alone.

It is useless to advise solitude for everyone; one must be strong enough to endure it and to work alone.