Deborah Mailman Quotes

I need, absolutely, to be alone.

I had a lot of alone time with no brothers or sisters running around, or anything. I would just sit and imagine things, all the time.

I've always kind of lived in my own world.

Writing is a tribute to solitude. It is choosing introversion over extroversion, lonely hours/days/weeks/years over fun and sociability.

I'm kind of in my own world.

I have not a desire but a need for solitude.

I've always been pretty serious and introspective.

You know that book 'Quiet: the Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking', by Susan Cain? That's like my manifesto. The older I get, the more I think I could be a hermit.

Getting close to books, and spending time by myself, I was obliged to think about things I would never have thought about if I was busy romping around with a brother and sister.

I'm quiet and introverted, and I like to just be by myself a lot. I like to read and just get away and surf. I have a lot of alone time.

I spend an awful lot of time by myself and enjoy that.

I'm somewhat in my own cloud.

Solitude begets whimsies.

I live alone, so I don't really talk to anyone once I'm home. I have some silent nights.

I have many good friends, but I tend to keep to myself anyway. It's odd, doing things and having no one to share them with.

I always have been a private person. I like to be alone. When I was a little girl I used to listen to the radio and just be by myself.

I remember being alone a lot as a child, and I still love to be alone.

Growing up in Georgia in the southeastern United States, I was always reading and always kept to myself. I never felt isolated, though; I just liked being alone.

I kind of crave loneliness.

I played a lot of dress-up in my room. I really liked being alone. I had a lot of friends, but I had an only-child, live-in-my-head personality.

I spent a lot of time in my head, but not like caring about what everybody else thought, just literally in my own world.

I'm not a very glamorous person. I like to just sit alone in a room and read a book or meditate.

I do spend a great deal of time alone. I'm not very gregarious. I don't like parties and miscellaneous gatherings with no particular purpose. I think parties are largely a mistake. The bigger they are the more mistaken they are.

She was not often invited to join in the conversation of the others, nor did she desire it. Her own thoughts and reflections were habitually her best companions.

Often whole days pass without my speaking to anyone.