Aimee Bender Quotes

Walking with a friend in the dark is better than walking alone in the light.

Man loves company - even if it is only that of a small burning candle.

The new light above my table is a great improvement. With all this darkness around me I feel less alone. (Pause.) In a way. (Pause.) I love to get up and move about in it, then back here to... (hesitates) ...me. (Pause.)

In Genesis, it says that it is not good for a man to be alone; but sometimes it is a great relief.

I go down to my little hut, where it's tight and dark and warm, and within minutes I can go back to being six or seven or eight again.

If I lived alone, Mom'd never sleep because she wouldn't know I was okay.

I love shutting my front door and being at home with just my dog and me. That's when I'm happiest.

Solitude is pleasant. Loneliness is not.

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

Having my animals or my children with me exorcises that feeling of not being wanted.

When you are younger, the camera is like a friend and you can go places and feel like you're with someone, like you have a companion.

When you have a lot of solitude, any living thing becomes a companion.

To a shameful extent, the charm of marriage boils down to how unpleasant it is to be alone.

I make a genuine distinction between loneliness and aloneness. I know what each is like. There are times I'm lonely. But there are also many times when I need to be alone, when I don't want the feeling of someone else in the house other than the cats.

We can all understand that feeling of being alone in the world trying to find ways to not be alone.

Far from 'rotting my brain,' as I was often told would happen, TV helped me feel less alone at a time when I spent so much time alone.

Having a sister or a friend is like sitting at night in a lighted house. Those outside can watch you if they want, but you need not see them. You simply say, "Here are the perimeters of our attention. If you prowl around under the windows till the crickets go silent, we will pull the shades. If you wish us to suffer your envious curiosity, you must permit us not to notice it." Anyone with one solid human bond is that smug, and it is the smugness as much as the comfort and safety that lonely people covet and admire.

One is never alone with a rubber duck.

All I really wanted to do was cuddle back under the blankets, maybe with a certain stuffed toy penguin I knew. Yeah, hiding sounded good.

I realize, for the first time, how very lonely I've been in the arena. How comforting the presence of another human being can be.

Hold her for me. Hold her tight. Don't let her be lonely. Don't let her hurt. Please.

My hole is warm and full of light.

When I walked into the Christian section of a bookstore, the message was clear: Faith is something you do alone. Rick does not have much tolerance for people living alone. He's like Bill Clinton in that he feels everyone's pain. If Rick thinks somebody is lonely, he can't sleep at night. He wants us all to live with each other and play nice so he can get some rest. Tortured soul.

Light our fire and protect us from the dark, blah blah, light our way and keep us toasty warm, the night is dark and full of terrors, save us from the scary things, and blah blah blah some more.

A shady friend for torrid days Is easier to find Than one of higher temperature For frigid hour of mind.