Patty Duke Quotes

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

One night some short weeks ago, for the first time in her not always happy life, Marilyn Monroe's soul sat down alone to a quiet supper from which it did not rise.

Eating by myself in my own apartment, single and alone again for the first time in many years, I should have felt, but did not feel, sad. Because I had taken the trouble to make myself a real dinner, I felt nurtured and cared for, if only by myself. Eating alone was freeing, too; I didn't have to make conversation.

Living alone makes it harder to find someone to blame.

What I was reading was already part of my psyche, but finally someone else was saying it's okay to walk alone.

Solitude is independence.

When everything is lonely I can be my best friend.

I don't need anyone else, which is a great feeling, but also a depressing one.

Jurgen loved London because he could get lost here. He said that it was the first time he could do that in eight years. No one knew him or bothered him. It is great for a person to be able to get lost.

It's an interesting combination: Having a great fear of being alone, and having a desperate need for solitude and the solitary experience. That's always been a tug of war for me.

Life could be wonderful if people would leave you alone.

I never said, 'I want to be alone.' I only said, 'I want to be left alone.' There is all the difference.

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

I had friends but I was spending a great deal of my time alone and for me that was vital because there's an awful lot you learn about yourself when you're alone.

I have no family to take care of.

I need some isolation, it's necessary to me, that's just who I am. I need to be left alone.

Living by myself out in Malibu has been really good. I kind of have my freedom; I've got a whole house to myself. The tough part comes when sometimes, you know, you get pretty lonely.

On the broad spectrum of solitude, I lean toward the extreme end: I work alone, as well as live alone, so I can pass an entire day without uttering so much as a hello to another human being. Sometimes a day's conversation consists of only five words, uttered at the local Starbucks: 'Large coffee with milk, please.'

I just want to be on my own branch twittering.

I don't know that I spent any more time alone than any other kid, but being by myself never bothered me.

It's amazing living alone. I'm very lucky. It's like a refuge.

I guess part of the hit-man appeal is the solitude. Everybody is lured to the idea of the solitary life.

Let me alone, and go in search of someone else.

I got no entourage in real life. Solo. I go solo. No entourage.

Isolation doesn't bother me at all. It gives me a sense of security.