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“It's (the lack of communication between the people in his paintings, ed.) probably a reflection of my own, if I may say, loneliness. I don't know. It could be the whole human condition.”

People Ifs Knows Humans May Whole My Own Conditions Loneliness Painting Communication Reflection Human Condition Lack Of Communication

Author:Edward Hopper

“Loneliness is a prerequisite for freedom. Freedom depends on the ability to reflect, and reflection can only begin when one is alone.”

Ability Loneliness Depends Reflection Prerequisites

Author:Gao Xingjian

“People don't acknowledge loneliness in themselves, and don't appreciate its benefits, the reflection and attentiveness that come with it, the deepened acquaintance with oneself.”

People Loneliness Benefits Reflection Appreciate Oneself Acknowledge Acquaintance Attentiveness

Author:Marilynne Robinson

“With some people solitariness is an escape not from others but from themselves. For they see in the eyes of others only a reflection of themselves.”

People Eye Loneliness Solitude Reflection Lonely Being Alone All Alone Loneliness And Solitude

Book:The passionate state of mind, and other aphorisms

Source: The passionate state of mind, and other aphorisms

“Some nights are made for torture, or reflection, or the savoring of loneliness.”

Made Night Loneliness Reflection Torture Good Night Savoring Best Night Great Night

Author:Poppy Z. Brite

“Given enough time, you could convince yourself that loneliness was something better, that it was solitude, the ideal condition for reflection, even a kind of freedom. Once you were thus convinced, you were foolish to open the door and let anyone in, not all the way in. You risked the hard-won equilibrium, that tranquility that you called peace”

Way Kind Hard Enough Given Doors Conditions Loneliness Solitude Reflection Ideals Convinced Foolish Convince Tranquility Something Better Enough Time Equilibrium

Book:The Good Guy

Source: The Good Guy

“The loved object is simply one that has shared an experience at the same moment of time, narcissistically; and the desire to be near the beloved object is at first not due to the idea of possessing it, but simply to let the two experiences compare themselves, like reflections in different mirrors. All this may precede the first look, kiss, or touch; precede ambition, pride, or envy; precede the first declarations which mark the turning point—for from here love degenerates into habit, possession, and back to loneliness.”

Source: The Alexandria Quartet: Justine, Balthazar, Mountolive, Clea

“The very fine line between loneliness and solitude, reflection; being alone, always appealed to me when I was a kid.”

Kids Lines Loneliness Fine Solitude Reflection Fine Lines Loneliness And Solitude

Author:Brad Mehldau

“If you eat alone in front of a mirror, you will soon get tired of your own company.”

Loneliness Friends Emotions Reflection Quote Of The Day Alone Anthony T Hincks Hincks Mirror Eat

Author:Anthony T. Hincks

“When she was alone, she stopped seeing the meaning in things.”

Human Nature Loneliness Despair Reflection Meaning Vulnerability Isolation Emptiness Introspective Emotional Struggle

Book:The Wedding People

Source: The Wedding People

“But it feels so cold here without her.”

Loss Grief Sadness Loneliness Emotional Reflection Mourning Emptiness

Book:Adelaide

Source: Adelaide

“Next, I went in the shower to lather every inch of my body and stayed for so long inside, I walked away with soggy fingertips. I think we should have soggy fingertips at least once a day. The shower is the only place we can be ourselves before they take us away again.”

Soul Meditation Loneliness Identity Reflection Discovery Privacy Finding Yourself The Goodbye Song Knowing Yourself

Book:The Goodbye Song

Source: The Goodbye Song