{"quotes":[{"text":"I felt I could turn the earth upside down with my littlest finger. I wanted to dance, to fly in the air and kiss the sun and stars with my singing heart. I, alone with myself, was enjoying myself for the first time as with grandest company.","author":"Anzia Yezierska","tags":["being-alone","enjoying-life","enjoying-solitude","enjoying-the-little-things","happily-alone","happiness","hope","nature","positivity","romanticism","solitude"],"id":4945,"author_id":"Anzia+Yezierska"},{"text":"It is better to be alone then to be in a relationship, while you are trying to figure out what love means to you.","author":"Shannon L. Alder","tags":["alone","being-alone","couples","dating","fights","growth","knowing-your-needs","loves-meaning","relationships","relationships-101","self-evaluation","what-you-want"],"id":21331,"author_id":"Shannon+L.+Alder"},{"text":"Many people seek fellowship because they are afraid to be alone...Let him who cannot be alone beware of community. He will do harm to himself and to the community. Alone you stood before God when he called you; alone you had to answer that call; alone you had to struggle and pray; and alone you will die and give an account to God. You cannot escape yourself, for God has singled you out.","author":"Dietrich Bonhoeffer","tags":["alone","being-alone","christianity","community","faith","god","jesus","loneliness","loneliness","lonely"],"id":36255,"author_id":"Dietrich+Bonhoeffer"},{"text":"I’m perfectly alone right now, my mind is on overdrive, the gears are grinding in whirring dissonance – and it’s just how I like it.","author":"Trevor J. Freeman","tags":["alone","aloneness","being-alone","loneliness"],"id":54322,"author_id":"Trevor+J.+Freeman"},{"text":"Maybe this is who I really am.Not a loner, exactly.But someone who can be alone.","author":"Gary Shteyngart","tags":["alone","being-alone","loners"],"id":59683,"author_id":"Gary+Shteyngart"},{"text":"I love the stillness of a room, after a party. The chairs are moved, the cushions disarranged, everything is there to show that people enjoyed themselves; and one comes back to the empty room happy that it's over, happy to relax and say, 'Now we are alone again.","author":"Daphne du Maurier","tags":["being-alone","being-home","company","friends","hosting","parties"],"id":66846,"author_id":"Daphne+du+Maurier"},{"text":"Did he understand, as those interminable minutes ticked by, that being alone is not the same as being lonely? That being alone is a neutral state; it is like a blind fish at the bottom of the ocean without eyes, and therefore without judgement. Is it possible? That which is around me does not affect my mood; my mood affects that which is around me. Is it true? Could Denny have possibly appreciated the subjective nature of loneliness, which is something that exists only in the mind, not in the world, and, like a virus, is unable to survive without a willing host?","author":"Garth Stein","tags":["being-alone","loneliness"],"id":105491,"author_id":"Garth+Stein"},{"text":"Truth is, I’m generally happiest when it’s just me. It’s okay to be madly in love with yourself.","author":"Richelle E. Goodrich","tags":["alone-time","being-alone","love","love","loving-life","loving-yourself","quiet-time","richelle","richelle-e-goodrich","richelle-goodrich","solitude"],"id":180062,"author_id":"Richelle+E.+Goodrich"},{"text":"Sometimes you need to take a break from everyone and spend time alone, to experience, appreciate and love yourself.","author":"Robert Tew","tags":["alone","aloneness","being-alone","love","self","self-love"],"id":190756,"author_id":"Robert+Tew"},{"text":"A season of loneliness and isolation is when the caterpillar gets its wings. Remember that next time you feel alone.","author":"Mandy Hale","tags":["alone","aloneness","becoming-who-you-re-meant-to-be","being-alone","being-single","butterfly","caterpillar","isolation","loneliness","lonely","metamorphosis","positive-thinking","seasons","seasons-of-life","single","single-life","single-woman","singleness","the-single-woman","transition"],"id":295903,"author_id":"Mandy+Hale"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":18,"pages":2,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}