Karl Kraus Quotes

A sense of freedom is something that, happily, comes with age and life experience.

I love men's company, but I don't feel I have to be married. Men are a wonderful part of life, like chocolate. But my life goes on whether they're there or not.

I'm used to living alone, and I like it that way. You become so selfish living alone...I'd make a terrible husband anyway.

To remain alone did not seem to me a terrible fate, no worse than being falsely joined to another person.

I am independent! I can live alone and I love to work.

I've always been very independent. Even in relationships, I'm focused on the quality of my life and not enmeshing myself so much with somebody else's experience. But I think there's incredible value in being married.

I need someone who is able to hold her own - if a girl is really independent, that's a turn-on for me.

Bending over backwards does not bring you the love and attention you crave, but having your own life, your own goals and a backbone will.

I love my father, but I have worked to develop a separate and distinct identity in different projects I have worked on.

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.

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.

I like the idea of being alone. I like the idea of often being alone in all aspects of my life. I like to feel lonely. I like to need things.

I believe in love, but I don't sit around waiting for it. I buy houses.

I don't need a man in my life.

I don't collaborate. You're born alone, you die alone, you get on stage alone.

I was a loner in high school. I keep to myself, but I love life.

There's no time for boys in my life right now.

I am my own woman.

I'm just living my life, and I'm not gonna live my life for other people.

For me, the times in my life when I've been single have been more formative and crucial than I could have imagined. I can cope, function and be happy on my own. I'm highly capable. That doesn't mean I don't like being with a partner, or that I don't feel more rounded when I'm with someone. But the times on my own have been so good.

If I find the person that I love, it is because I love them, not because I will be dependent on them.

I've grown up a lot, I'm on my own, and I've learned some valuable life lessons.

It's not necessary, in order to be a complete person, that I have a man. It's not the end-all, be-all of my life.

I'm not jealous of anybody, because I'm going to live my life the way I want to live it. I'm not going to be like, 'Oh my God they have this, I want that.'

You know, one of my fears about living alone so long is that you get used to doing everything your own way.