I once asked a hermit in Italy how he could venture to live alone, in a single cottage, on the top of a mountain, a mile from any habitation? He replied, that Providence was his next-door neighbor. Laurence Sterne top neighbor providence Change image and share on social
Twice a year, I take myself off to a self-imposed 'writer's retreat', staying at a small inn or on a friend's farm, where I am all alone and do nothing other than write. Jane Green stay writer friend Change image and share on social
All of our unhappiness comes from our inability to be alone. Jean de la Bruyere unhappiness inability Change image and share on social
I did a lot of writing for a lot of different kinds of bands that I was in and out of during those five years and that left me with a little body of songs that I liked better when I played alone, so I ended up going out solo and very soon made my first album. Bruce Cockburn kind leave solo share on social
I was an only child with a lot of time to kill. I suspect a lot of writers are only children, or only children become writers because it's a way of being alone. Christopher Buckley kill writer suspect Change image and share on social
You can be much more alone with other people than you are by yourself. Even if it's people you love. Philip Dunne people love Change image and share on social
Honestly, humans are social creatures that really crave intimacy, and I think that the friends I have who are trying to somehow go it alone are suffering for it. James Mercer human crave social Change image and share on social
Shockingly, a University of Pennsylvania study says the number of young people addicted to gambling - largely due to increased exposure to the Internet and Internet gambling - grew by an alarming 20 percent between 2004 and 2005 alone. Spencer Bachus largely people addict share on social
The world can't have a global solution to climate change with U.S. action alone; and the world can't have a global solution without U.S. action. Michael Franti change climate world Change image and share on social
I think, at heart, unless you discover faith in something else, something other, it's very hard to shake the thing that you're adrift alone. Robert Smith discover faith hard Change image and share on social
