Being solitary is being alone well: being alone luxuriously immersed in doings of your own choice, aware of the fullness of your won presence rather than of the absence of others. Because solitude is an achievement. Alice Koller absenceachievementaware share on social
Millions of Americans cannot tell you who lived at Mount Vernon or who wrote the Declaration of Independence - let alone the Emancipation Proclamation. But they know that to be 'a Benedict Arnold' is to be a traitor of the deepest dye - someone who coldly betrays not only a sacred cause but every moral scruple along the way. Arthur L. Herman americanarnoldbenedict share on social
I grew up in the middle of everything. I walked the streets alone, I rode the trains alone, I came home at three in the morning alone; that was what I did. Alicia Keys growhomemiddle Change image and share on social
I've always been shocked and waiting-for-the-other-shoe-to-drop that a girl would ever talk to me, let alone want to marry me. They always seem to hold the power to me, and from my mother to my wife to my daughter, every time I try to really figure them out, and think I've got them pegged, I pay for it. Andrew Stanton daughterdropfigure share on social
I have been alone since my husband died. I stay in my home. I don't date. It's hard to date when you're at home. Nobody knows you. Anna Nicole Smith datediehard Change image and share on social
I want to spend the night alone in a haunted mansion. I wouldn't say I'm sceptical because that word implies the truth is out there when there is no truth out there. Aidan Turner hauntimplymansion Change image and share on social
Home Alone was a lot and a lot and a lot of standing and sitting and walking and running and it was physically demanding but in this, I'm doing back flips and riding ostriches. It's physically demanding in a new way, so it's fun. Alex D. Linz backdemandflip share on social
I'm fiercely independent, but I'm also terrified of being alone. Adam Levine fiercelyindependentterrify Change image and share on social
Some things can be perfectly expressed by sound alone and images would only be disturbing. Other times, sound would be possible, but visuals are much stronger and closer to what I want to express and then again, they sometimes overlap perfectly. Alva Noto closedisturbexpress share on social
You can't scale if you do it alone, you really need to work with others. Adrian Grenier scalework Change image and share on social