A celibate, like the fly in the heart of an apple, dwells in a perpetual sweetness, but sits alone, and is confined and dies in singularity.
The problem is not that America does not have energy. The problem is that our government - alone among the governments of the world - will not allow its own people to recover the energy that they possess.
When you sit down and watch something alone, you're going to watch it for what it is.
Writers may be disreputable, incorrigible, early to decay or late to bloom but they dare to go it alone.
The VCR is to the American film producer and the American public as the Boston Strangler is to the woman alone.
I do read books. I suppose it's more or less the same thing, but at least I'm alone and I'm an individual. I can stop anytime I want, which I frequently do.
When I do a mix tape for my kids, for my friends, for my lover, I meticulously choose the tracks, and it's beautiful. And when they are alone they think of me - and when I am alone I think of them.
We were alone. Where, I could not say, hardly imagine. All was black, and such a dense black that, after some minutes, my eyes had not been able to discern even the faintest glimmer.
It is always a vulgar and often an unhealthy pastime, and it is a vice which does not go alone; the man who gambles will find himself capable of any evil.
The idea of feeling isolated is scary to me - to walk through the world alone would be heartbreaking.
I live alone, with cats, books, pictures, fresh vegetables to cook, the garden, the hens to feed.
My own will and desires were now very much broken, and my heart was with much earnestness turned to the Lord, to whom alone I looked for help in the dangers before me.
This I have observed: There are no language barriers in the Church. There is a mighty power that transcends the power of messages conveyed by words alone, and this is the power of messages communicated by the Spirit to our hearts.
I really like oysters, and I won't eat them alone. They're just a weird thing to eat by yourself.
I want people to know that blood tests alone won't always detect thyroid disease. My blood panels were normal. I think a lot more people have this disease than are diagnosed.
To me, there is no greater way to achieve clarity than to run alone, or share miles with a trusted friend.
I can not watch either of the 'Paranormal' films alone.
I don't really feel comfortable anywhere except when I'm working alone at home. It's exhausting to be out around people.
No woman can be handsome by the force of features alone, any more that she can be witty by only the help of speech.
There is nothing like being left alone again, to walk peacefully with oneself in the woods. To boil one's coffee and fill one's pipe, and to think idly and slowly as one does it.
I discovered that the study of past philosophers is of little use unless our own reality enters into it. Our reality alone allows the thinker's questions to become comprehensible.
