George Orwell Quotes

The price for independence is often isolation and solitude.

I got no entourage in real life. Solo. I go solo. No entourage.

The liberty to live for self alone becomes in time a weary bondage.

I wouldn't say I'm that social... I'm either sailing my boat by myself or living in some small place.

Isolation is the one sure way to human happiness.

If you cannot live alone, you were born a slave.

We are fools to depend upon the society of our fellow-men. Wretched as we are, powerless as we are, they will not aid us; we shall die alone.

To every man it is decreed: Thou shalt live alone. Happy they who imagine that they have escaped the common lot; happy, whilst they imagine it.

Collectivism is the ancient principle of savagery. ... Collectivism is not the 'New Order of Tomorrow.' It is the order of a very dark yesterday.

Society, to be sure, does not like this very well; it saith, Whoso goes to walk alone, accuses the whole world; he declares all to be unfit to be his companions; it is very uncivil, nay, insulting; Society will retaliate.

Well, father, in the shipwreck of life, for life is an eternal shipwreck of our hopes, I cast into the sea my useless encumbrance, that is all, and I remain with my own will, disposed to live perfectly alone, and, consequently, perfectly free. (Eugenie to her father)

We are like snails, each stuck to his own leaf.

Solitude is un-American.

I've always been a loner, and I've spent most of my life as a single person.

The strongest man in the world is he who stands most alone.

I prefer to work alone and do everything alone, even today.

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

I change my mind so much, I'm better going on my own. Shopping is a selfish activity anyway.

We are ultimately alone in that we are ultimately responsible for ourselves.

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

I should have liked to get married, but over many decades I have lived essentially alone. I go to sleep when I'm tired, get up when I wake up, have my food prepared when I'm hungry. I can't bear the thought that I'd have to coincide, make an effort.

I am very slow to warm. I've always been sort of a loner. I didn't play team sports. I am better one-on-one than in big groups.

I like my life alone.

The strong man is strongest when alone.

Living by myself out in Malibu has been really good. I kind of have my freedom; I've got a whole house to myself. The tough part comes when sometimes, you know, you get pretty lonely.