Hunter S. Thompson Quotes

Solitude, though it may be silent as light, is like light, the mightiest of agencies; for solitude is essential to man. All men come into this world alone and leave it alone.

The task of the solitary man is to be even more solitary.

But there it is: Everyone is alone, for life, and maybe that's not such a bad thing.

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

To live alone is the fate of all great souls.

I really do work in solitude.

I've always been alone. I grew up alone. I like it that way. Even when I'm in an arena surrounded by 10,000 people, I'm alone in my head.

Yes, I do seek solitude, but I am never lonely.

I like to write about the solitary things people do. Humans seem to function best when they're 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.

Me, myself and I. That's all I got in the end.

Only he knew that to be left alone is not always to be forsaken.

I think that we're all totally isolated beings and always will be.

Solitude is independence.

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 never felt isolated; I just liked being alone. I think that some people are good at being alone, and some people aren't, and as a child, I really liked it.

The more powerful and original a mind, the more it will incline towards the religion of solitude.

I was never less alone than when by myself.

Our language has wisely sensed the two sides of being alone. It has created the word loneliness to express the pain of being alone. And it has created the word solitude to express the glory of being alone.

I spend an awful lot of time by myself and enjoy that.

I'm an only child, so I'm pretty much a loner.

For each one of us stands alone in the midst of a universe.

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.

All my habits through life have been singularly removed from any condition of reliance on others, and the feeling - right or wrong - that aloneness is my proper position has prevailed since my early childhood, no doubt nourished and strengthened by many and quick-following bereavements.