(51 quotes found)
“Lots of people want to ride with you in the limo, but what you want is someone who will take the bus with you when the limo breaks down.”
Oprah Winfrey
“All alone!Whether you like it or not,alone is something you'll be quite a lot”
Dr. Seuss
“Don't cry for a man who's left you, the next one may fall for your smile.”
Mae West
“Come up and see me sometime.”
“Her companionship was like a warm soil about an exotic.”
James Joyce
“The glory of friendship is not the outstretched hand, nor the kindly smile, nor the joy of companionship; it is the spiritual inspiration that comes to one when he discovers that someone else believes in him and is willing to trust him with his friendship.”
Contributed by: Maria Green
Ralph Waldo Emerson
“One receives as reward for much ennui, despondency, boredom --such as a solitude without friends, books, duties, passions must bring with it --those quarter-hours of profoundest contemplation within oneself and nature. He who completely entrenches himself against boredom also entrenches himself against himself: he will never get to drink the strongest refreshing draught from his own innermost fountain.”
Friedrich Nietzsche
“Death is one of the few things that can be done as easily lying down. The difference between sex and death is that with death you can do it alone and no one is going to make fun of you.”
Woody Allen
“One person seeks a midwife for his thoughts; the other, someone he can assist. Here is the origin of a good conversation.”
“I also heard I was helping you find a house because I wanted you near me.”
