“You and I By Henry Alford My hand is lonely for your clasping, dear; My ear is tired waiting for your call. I want your strength to help, your laugh to cheer; Heart, soul and senses need you, one and all. I droop without your full, frank sympathy; We ought to be together—you and I; We want each other so, to comprehend The dream, the hope, things planned, or seen, or wrought. Companion, comforter and guide and friend, As much as love asks love, does thought ask thought. Life is so short, so fast the lone hours fly, We ought to be together, you and I.” WantNeedsHeartDoeSoulHelpingDreamHandsTogetherLife IsAsksWaitingHoursLaughingOughtLonelyEarsTiredDearGuidesSensesCompanionCheerFrankNeed YouThoughts On LifeLoneLife Is So ShortComforter Author:Langston Hughes
“After that, the book will fade, the way all books fade in your mind. But I hope you will remember this: A man walking fast down a dark lonely street. Quick steps and hard breathing, all wonder and need. A bell above a door and the tinkle it makes. A clerk and a ladder and warm golden light, and then: the right book exactly, at exactly the right time.” MenWayNeedsMindBookHardLightRememberDarkWonderStepsDoorsStreetsWalkingLonelyWarmGoldenBreathingBellsFadesRight TimeLaddersClerksGolden LightWalking Fast Author:Robin Sloan
“Is it possible really to love other people? If I’m lonely and in pain, everyone outside me is potential relief—I need them. But can you really love what you need so badly? Isn’t a big part of love caring more about what the other person needs? How am I supposed to subordinate my own overwhelming need to somebody else’s needs that I can’t even feel directly? And yet if I can’t do this, I’m damned to loneliness, which I definitely don’t want … so I’m back at trying to overcome my selfishness for self-interested reasons.” PeopleIfsWantNeedsFeelsTryingPersonsI CanSelfReasonBigsPainMy OwnLonelinessLonelyOvercomingCaringSelfishnessReliefOverwhelmingSubordinatesI'm BackI'm LonelyCaring More Author:David Foster Wallace
“It's a mystery to me We have a greed with which we have agreed You think you have to want more than you need Until you have it all you won't be free When you want more than you have You think you need And when you think more than you want Your thoughts begin to bleed I think I need to find a bigger place 'Cause when you have more than you think You need more space Society, you're a crazy breed I hope you're not lonely without me Society, crazy and deep I hope you're not lonely without me” ThinkingWantNeedsCausesSpaceMysteryCrazyLonelyBiggerGreed Author:Eddie Vedder
“In our hearts... there must abide some pity for those people who have always felt themselves to be separate from even their most familiar surroundings, those people who either are foreigners or who suffer a singular point of view that makes them feel as if they’re foreigners - even in their native lands. In our hearts... there also abides a certain suspicion that such people need to feel set apart from their society. But people who initiate loneliness are no less lonely than those who are suddenly surprised by loneliness, nor are they undeserving of our pity.” PeopleIfsNeedsFeelsHeartCertainSufferingFeltViewsLandLonelinessLonelyPoint Of ViewFamiliarPityNativeSuspicionSurroundingsForeignersInitiateNative LandUndeserving Author:John Irving
“When we truly realize that we are all alone is when we need others the most.” NeedsRealizingLonelinessLonelyBeing AloneAll AloneFeeling LonelyBeing LonelyFeeling AloneLonely FeelingLonely And AloneAlone LonelyLonely Heart Author:Ronald Anthony Cross
“Must the Christian go around looking for a cross to bear, seeking to suffer? No, insisted Bonhoeffer. Opportunities for bearing crosses will occur along life's way and all that is required is the willingness to act when the time comes. The needs of the neighbor, especially those of the weak and downtrodden, the victimized and the persecuted, the ill and the lonely, will become abundantly evident.” WayNeedsChristianSufferingOpportunityBearsCrossesLonelyWeakIllSeekingNeighborInevitableWillingnessEvidentPersecutedDowntroddenCrosses To BearBonhoeffer Author:Dietrich Bonhoeffer
“I do want someone, need someone. You're right. And, when I'm with you, I feel like I'm a better person. I feel happier. Less alone, less lonely. But it's not as simple as that, is it? Being with someone?” WantNeedsFeelsPersonsSimpleLonelyBetter Person Author:Naomi Campbell
“Feelings are you inner guidance system-your emotional compass. When you allow this compass to direct your actions you build self-trust. When you feel hungry, you eat. When you feel tired, you rest. When you feel lonely, you reach out for a connection to others. In this most basic way your feelings link you with the wisest part of yourself. They tell you what you need to know at any given moment.” KnowsWayNeedsFeelsSelfMomentsFeelingsActionSpiritualGivenEmotionalDirectLonelyConnectionsTiredHungryGuidanceLinksReach OutCompassWisestFeeling LonelySelf Trust Author:Cheryl Richardson
“In liberation, you stand alone. You stand alone because you need no supports of any kind. You need no supports because you have realized that the very notion of a separate you no longer exists, that there is nothing to support, that the whole ego experience was a flimsy illusion. So you stand alone but are never, never lonely because everywhere you look, all you see is That, and you are That.” NeedsLooksKindWholeSupportEgoIllusionLonelyNotionLiberationStand Alone Author:Adyashanti
“I still think of that guy I was without a wife or kids, and I still want to entertain that guy. The lonely guy, the frustrated guy, the guy with no money - this is the guy who needs to laugh.” ThinkingWantNeedsStillsKidsGuyLaughingWifeLonelyFrustratedThat GuyNo Money Author:Larry David
“I love the sound of breaking glass Especially when Im lonely I need the noises of destruction When theres nothing new.” NeedsSoundLonelyDestructionGlassesNoiseNothing New Author:Nick Lowe
“I need family support close because when you go to work, they are long days and it can get lonely.” NeedsLongSupportLonelyBeing LonelyLong DayFamily Support Author:Joe Lando
“A man is an island, but the water is deep And the shore on the other side is ragged and steep To look for perfection is a lonely old ride It takes a whole lot of courage and a whole lot of pride When you look for independence and you get what you want How come you look back, thinking what have I done? But time and again, it dawns on me It's the price we pay for liberty I should have know, we all need a place to call home” ThinkingKnowsMenWantNeedsShouldLooksDoneWholeHomeSongSidesWaterPayLibertyPridePerfectionLonelyShould HaveIndependenceWhat You WantDawnIslandsShoreSteepRagged Author:Joey Tempest
“The first great thing is to find yourself and for that you need solitude and contemplation - at least sometimes. I can tell you deliverance will not come from the rushing noisy centers of civilization. It will come from the lonely places.” NeedsFirstsI CanSometimesCivilizationSolitudeLonelyGreat ThingsContemplationFinding YourselfRushingDeliveranceNoisyLonely Places Author:Fridtjof Nansen
“Keep in mind that to avoid loneliness, many people need both a social circle and an intimate attachment. Having just one of two may still leave you feeling lonely.” PeopleNeedsMindMayStillsTwoFeelingsSocialLonelinessLonelyCirclesIntimateJust OneAttachmentFeeling Lonely Author:Gretchen Rubin
“I know our feelings can be so unbearable that we employ ingenious strategies – unconscious strategies – to keep those feelings away. We do a feelings-swap, where we avoid feeling sad or lonely or afraid or inadequate, and feel angry instead. It can work the other way, too – sometimes you do need to feel angry, not inadequate; sometimes you do need to feel love and acceptance, and not the tragic drama of your life. It takes courage to feel the feeling – and not trade it on the feelings-exchange, or even transfer it altogether to another person.” KnowsWayNeedsFeelsPersonsSometimesFeelingsAcceptanceDramaLonelyAngryTradeStrategyUnconsciousTragicUnbearableInadequateTransfersIngeniousFeeling SadLove And Acceptance Author:Jeanette Winterson
“Christianity in the suburb is cheerful. The church is a centre of social activity and those who go to church need never be lonely.” NeedsChristianSocialChurchChristianityActivityLonelyCentreCheerfulSuburbs Author:Stevie Smith
“I don't have time to write a mom blog, but I'm not against it. I think it's great when women talk about things. I'm all about female empowerment. There's a lot of lonely, lost moms out there. Moms need to be encouraged to tell the truth. There's a lot of glamour mommy stuff. It's OK to get real.” ThinkingNeedsWritingRealLostStuffMomFemaleEmpowermentLonelyTelling The TruthGet RealBlogsGlamourFemale EmpowermentBe Encouraged Author:Kelly Cutrone
“I'm not the kind of man that holds out on a need for nothing. I'm as lonely as any man around, I just don't like to pick 'em up and lay 'em down.” MenNeedsKindSexPicksLonelyLaysEms Author:Toby Keith