"The association between failure, loneliness, and solitude is so strong in our culture that people often find it difficult to believe that there are some who like being by themselves."

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Source : Suzanne Gordon (1976). “Lonely in America”, Touchstone

Suzanne Gordon

#Strong Quotes #Loneliness Quotes #Believe Quotes

“People do not love those whose eyes show that they are somewhere else”

Source : Peter Carey (2010). “Collected Stories”, p.186, Faber & Faber
“When I was 13, I wasn't the coolest kid in my class, and that inner dork is a wonderful thing to have.”

Source : Interview with Anne Brodie, www.askmen.com. September 20, 2011.
“We believe that to govern perfectly it is necessary to avoid governing too much.”

Source : James Hilton (1988). “Lost Horizon”, p.115, Simon and Schuster
“He was of opinion that what we now vulgarly call the Gothick, ought properly and truly be named Saracenick Architecture refined by the Christians.”

Source : "Conclusion of the life of Sir Christopher Wren". The Magazine of Magazines, p. 11, January 1759.
“If time has no beginning and no end, everything is happening, will happen, has happened, at the same moment. All eternity in a single moment.”

Source : Twitter post from Aug 26, 2013
“Dream the impossible. Know that you are born in this world to do something wonderful and unique; don't let this opportunity pass by. Give yourself the freedom to dream and think big.”
“The car drives really really good so far. No changes on the next pit stop. It's great, I can hold it down right along the bottom here in the corners I'm just ridin' around out here just waiting until later to make a move”
“The best thing about conceptual poetry is that it doesnâ€™t need to be read. You donâ€™t have to read it. As a matter of fact, you can write books, and you donâ€™t even have to read them. My books, for example, are unreadable. All you need to know is the concept behind them. Hereâ€™s every word I spoke for a week. Hereâ€™s a yearâ€™s worth of weather reports... and without ever having to read these things, you understand them.”

Source : "Against Expression: Kenneth Goldsmith in Conversation". Poets.org Interview, www.poets.org. February 19, 2011.

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