Sarah Waters Quotes

You can be much more alone with other people than you are by yourself. Even if it's people you love.

Only solitary men know the full joys of friendship. Others have their family; but to a solitary and an exile his friends are everything.

How we need another soul to cling to.

No one really wants to admit they are lonely, and it is never really addressed very much between friends and family. But I have felt lonely many times in my life.

Forget sex or politics or religion, loneliness is the subject that clears out a room.

Loneliness sucks. It's a slog. It feels wonderful and exhilarating when someone makes it go away. But love is a whole different ball game.

We're born alone, we live alone, we die alone. Only through our love and friendship can we create the illusion for the moment that we're not alone.

How genuine is my capacity for love if there is no one for me to love, to laugh with, to treat tenderly, to be trusted by?

When you're in New York, there's women galore. At the end of the day, when I'm by myself or even, at times, when there was a woman next to me, I was feeling alone. It was not the same as it is with my wife. The experience is not the same; the time is not the same.

I have always been very interested in the idea of loneliness and the presumption that romantic relationships are supposed to rid you of that.

Because I have been lonely, I value love.

That’s what love’s all about. You’re the only one having those wonderful feelings, but you have to go it alone as you wander through the dark your mind and body have to bear it all. All by yourself.

One of the oldest aches in the bones of humanity is loneliness. I mean it's one of the things that goes way back; loneliness is not good for the world. And so, whoever you are, gay or straight, it is totally normal, natural, and healthy to want somebody to go through life with. It's central to our humanity.

The opposite of Loneliness is not Togetherness , It's Intimacy.

The physical union of the sexes ... only intensifies man's sense of solitude.

It's a lot easier to find a friend on television than love.

I find running life quite hard, and I like sharing that. Obviously, the companionship, being loved and loving, is fantastic. But I don't feel that I couldn't live without a boyfriend or lover or husband.

At the beginning and at the end of love, the two lovers are embarrassed to find themselves alone.

I just don't want to die alone, that's all. That's not too much to ask for, is it It would be nice to have someone care about me, for who I am, not about my wallet.

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

I know what men want. Men want to be really, really close to someone who will leave them alone.

Only solitary men know the full joys of frienship. Others have their family; but to a solitary and an exile, his friends are everything.

Friends and relatives might be surprised that I think of myself as lonely. I'm married to a man I not only love but like, and we spend a lot of time together. If I feel like socializing, I can usually find someone to meet for coffee or a drink.

I love nicknames. It makes me feel loved. It makes me feel less alone in this world.

Love is something far more than desire for sexual intercourse; it is the principal means of escape from the loneliness which afflicts most men and women throughout the greater part of their lives.