John Thaw Quotes

I cannot live alone.

Alone I'm nothing.

I really don't like that modern notion of 'I don't need anyone.' I see a lot of young women feeling they have to be that way, they have to be hard, in a way. And what does that bring them? They're just going to be lonesome. They're going to be, at best, lonesome and capable, at worst, lonesome and hard. And is that what we want? No.

All men's misfortunes spring from their hatred of being alone.

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

I'm actually quite self-sufficient, so it might look as if there isn't room for anyone in my life. That isn't entirely the case.

How we need another soul to cling to.

A man by himself is in bad company.

I was born to be alone, and I always shall be; but now I want to be.

I can't be alone.

If we don't know how to be alone, we'll only know how to be lonely.

We behave as if being alone were a problem.

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.

No man is an island, but some of us are long peninsulas.

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.

When everything is lonely I can be my best friend.

It is impossible to go through life without trust: that is to be imprisoned in the worst cell of all, oneself.

Being on your own would be sad, sick and weird. I don't trust myself. I need that balance.

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.

If loneliness is part of our essence, that is, our essential nature, that is only because of the way, in practical terms, we actually exist; that is, the way we move and work and live in the world.

I think I learned pretty early that in the end, it's only you. To an extent, you're all alone.

Being-alone is a deficient mode of being-with; its possibility is a proof for the latter.

There is no one looking out for us. We are all alone.

I can go days without meaningful human interaction.

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.