Anita Shreve Quotes

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.

He travels the fastest who travels alone.

My sister is older than me and would often go off, so I grew up alone in a sense. I had to amuse myself and developed a wonderful fantasy world and quite happily lived in it. I think, in adulthood, that helped me. I love pottering on my own.

I don't mind being single. In fact, I like it.

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 find it quite useful to be alone when I'm making music, but also in general, in life.

I like having the space of my own project.

You have to make your own family, your own life.

What a lovely surprise to finally discover how unlonely being alone can be.

Don't depend on a guy for your happiness. You have to live your own life and do your own thing. That's when good things come around - when you do your own thing and you're not worried about a man. It will happen in due time.

I'm very happy alone.

Being single has definitely given me a new lease of life.

Today, charting your own course isn't just more necessary than ever before. It's also much easier - and much more fun.

To leave in search of yourself, of your real needs, is easier when you don't have to justify yourself to anyone, when there are not too many people bestowing you their attention.

I like being by myself.

I've lived on my own since I was 18, and I really love living alone. That, to me, is just great.

I have found people don't want to be told. That they can figure it out.

I was allowed to wander where I could. Here is a case in which you search for your independence and allow something creative to come out of that.

Let us first obtain ourselves…Give us ourselves and all that belongs to us will follow.

I think rather than being unhappy with somebody, being alone and happy is better.

Real power is being able to take care of yourself. My job is to make art, but I aspire to do more than that.

Wherever the wind blows me, I'll go! My eventual goal is to have enough experience to produce something on my own.

I wanted to pursue my own thing - I had desires, ideas I wanted to accomplish, and I needed to be on my own for that.

I did my solo thing for a while and got that out of my system.

I don't complain about other people's game - I just create my own.