Shannon Purser Quotes

All my adult life, if I didn't have several hours a day to sit in a room by myself, I would get antsy and irritable.

I have to be alone very often. I'd be quite happy if I spent from Saturday night until Monday morning alone in my apartment. That's how I refuel.

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

When I am not acting or performing, I want to keep quiet and not to have a conversation.

Don't get me wrong: if I'm having fun, I'm going to have fun. But I need a lot of quiet time.

In fact I try to spend at least one, if not two days without ever leaving my room. Because if I didn't, when would I recharge my batteries?

I really cherish having my private time and being alone and being able to decompress. It's my own version of meditating.

I'm with people all the time so I often go away on my own.

It is important from time to time to slow down, to go away by yourself, and simply be.

I love being by myself.

I'm an introvert. I get my energy by spending time alone. I need that hour or two to myself every day.

I enjoy my own thoughts sometimes.

I try to factor solitude into my life because more and more, that's becoming a very precious and rare commodity.

I don't like to be alone, but I do cherish the moments that I'm alone with a good book.

I like to read books and be alone; I'm not social butterfly person.

I'm quite a loner. I realized that I'm very introverted, and I get energy by being alone instead of being with other people.

I'm really outgoing, but there's times I want to be by myself.

I don't think people take enough time to themselves or like to be alone anymore, but it's really important.

When I get some time off, I don't even want to see people half the time.

When I'm not working, I like to do things alone, just to take a breath.

I take alone time when I can.

I'm open, and I'm out there, but I also enjoy being alone, relaxing.

You may not enjoy loneliness, because loneliness is sad. But solitude is something else; solitude is what you look forward to when you want to be alone, when you want to be with yourself. So, solitude is something we all need from time to time.

Taking lunch by myself every once in a while and slowing down - that helps me a lot.

I need to be alone for certain periods of time or I violate my own rhythm.