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• Usually, we think that "good" loneliness is what we call "solitude," the choice of some alone-time. But I want to press on with the negative dimension, to look at ways in which a fundamental sense of being separated from others shapes who we are and why.

  Thomas L. Dumm

  Loneliness, Thinking, Choices

  Interview with Jill Stauffer, believermag.com. January 1, 2009.

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• When we really want to hear, and be heard by, someone we love, we do not go rushing into noisy crowds. Silence is a form of intimacy. That's how we experience it with our friends and lovers. As relationships grow deeper and more intimate, we spend more and more quiet time alone with our lover. We talk in low tones about the things that matter... That is why Christ comes to us when our hearts and minds are still and silent.

  J. Brent Bill

  Heart, Rushing, Silence

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• I think it's good to have the alone time. Well, I kind of have to, because I have to be alone in order to work, so I have alone time. And then I go on tour and I have being-around-people time.

  David Sedaris

  Thinking, Order, People

  Source: www.usatoday.com

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• The best gift you can give yourself is an open mind.

  Hayley Williams

  Giving, Mind, Best Gift

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• We can be tired, weary and emotionally distraught, but after spending time alone with God, we find that He injects into our bodies energy, power and strength.

  Charles Stanley

  Strength, Time, Prayer

  Charles Stanley (2002). “How to Listen to God”, p.58, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• The men that will change the colleges and seminaries here represented are the men that will spend the most time alone with God... It takes time for the fires to burn. It takes time for God to draw near and for us to know that He is there. It takes time to assimilate His truth.

  John Mott

  Prayer, College, Men

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• We talk a lot on 'Biggest Loser' about how fitness is a natural antidepressant, how it burns off stress. What I like about running is that it gives me time alone. I'm always busy, with people at work, with my kids. I love getting out for a run by myself and just listening to my music.

  Alison Sweeney

  Running, Stress, Kids

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• I think that men think they need their man caves. They don't really do. They think they want them, and then the second they do get them and they have alone time and time away from the girl, and the girl is really cool with giving them alone time, then that's when they, or at least I, start to think, "So, why are you so cool with me being alone? What's wrong with me that you don't want to be with me every second."

  Chris D'Elia

  Girl, Men, Thinking

  "Whitney's Chris D'Elia Is Back With More Relationship Advice". Interview with Annie Gabillet, www.popsugar.com. February 14, 2012.

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• I don't know that I spent any more time alone than any other kid, but being by myself never bothered me.

  Joseph Barbera

  Kids, More Time, Bothered

  Joseph Barbera (1994). “My Life in 'Toons: From Flatbush to Bedrock in Under a Century”, Turner Pub

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• Do not expect to grow in holiness if you spend little time alone with God and do not take His Word seriously.

  Joel Beeke

  Alone With God, Holiness, Littles

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• Gee, I wish I had spent more time alone with my computer.

  Danielle Bunten Berry

  Wish, Computer, More Time

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• All those years I fell for the great palace lie that grief should be gotten over as quickly as possible and as privately. But, what I've discovered is that the lifelong fear of grief keeps us in a barren, isolated place, and that only grieving can heal grief. The passage of time will lessen the acuteness, but time alone, without the direct experience of grief, will not heal it.

  Anne Lamott

  Lying, Grief, Grieving

  Anne Lamott (2000). “Traveling Mercies: Some Thoughts on Faith”, p.63, Anchor

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• It's important for moms to have alone time. However, that's the first thing that goes on a busy day. Fortunately for me, because of my job, I have to find the time to do it. At least that's the way my mind sees it.

  Cindy Crawford

  Mom, Jobs, Mind

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• But there's not enough time in life to go sit at a party, have a drink, and make idle conversation. There's too many important things to do. Just being together with my husband, spending time alone, which I have very little of.

  Pia Zadora

  Husband, Party, Important

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• I spend a lot of time alone and my wife understands that I need to be alone. I enjoy being alone. But I'm never lonely.

  George Lopez

  Lonely, Wife, Needs

  "Seriously Funny". Interview with Brett Wilbur, www.carmelmagazine.com. February 1, 2007.

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• You take a handful of rocks and put them in a jar. Then once a week, you take one tiny pebble out of the jar and throw it away. When the jar is empty, why, you'll just about be over your grief. ... Time alone will do if you're short on rocks.

  Sharyn McCrumb

  Grief, Rocks, Over You

  Sharyn McCrumb (2010). “Lovely in Her Bones”, p.136, Ballantine Books

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• Wracked with a hangover I do my muttering over a Black Velvet, a union of champagne and stout. Don't be swindled into believing there's any cure for a hangover. I've tried them all: iced tomatoes, hot clam juice, brandy peaches. Like the common cold it defies solution. Time alone can stay it. The hair of the dog? That way lies folly. It's as logical as trying to put out a fire with applications of kerosene.

  Tallulah Bankhead

  Dog, Lying, Believe

  Tallulah Bankhead (1952). “Tallulah: My Autobiography”, p.95, Univ. Press of Mississippi

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• Your god may be your little Christian habit - the habit of prayer or Bible reading at certain times of your day. Watch how your Father will upset your schedule if you begin to worship your habit instead of what the habit symbolizes. We say, 'I can't do that right now; this is my time alone with God.' No, this is your time alone with your habit.

  Oswald Chambers

  Faith, Christian, Prayer

  Oswald Chambers (2013). “Utmost: Classic Readings and Prayers from Oswald Chambers”, p.37, Discovery House

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• Solitude can become your most meaningful companion and it can assist you in being a more giving person in your spiritual partnerships. Rather than regarding your partner's need for time alone as a threat, see it as a time of renewal that you celebrate. Make every effort to help each other have that space. Treat that space as sacred.

  Wayne Dyer

  Meaningful, Spiritual, Space

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• We need quiet time to examine our lives openly and honestly...spending quiet time alone gives your mind an opportunity to renew itself and create order.- Susan Taylor--Everyone has a talent. What is rare is the courage to nurture it in solitude and to follow the talent to the dark places where it leads.

  Erica Jong

  Dark, Opportunity, Order

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• Love heals all wounds and not just time alone.

  Jeff Buckley

  Heal, Me Alone, Wounds

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• I just broke up with my boyfriend, and I've been spending more time alone than I'd like.

  Lucinda Williams

  My Boyfriend, Broke Up, More Time

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• Time alone reveals the just man; but you might discern a bad man in a single day.

  Sophocles

  Men, Might, Bad Man

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• I feel more comfortable in my own skin now than I ever have...I think there's something about loving Kai [her son] so much, in a way that I've never loved anyone, including myself. Also, I used to spend a lot of time alone, but he's this incredibly social kind of guy, so all of a sudden I'm always having people in and out of my house. It's changed the way I feel as a citizen of the world. And it's really important to me to feel good about what I'm working on, to justify the number of hours I'd have to be away from him.

  Jennifer Connelly

  Son, Motherhood, Thinking

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• As the only girl growing up among three brothers, I was always afraid of being excluded. If there was a game to be played, a sport to be learned, a competition to join, I was on my feet and ready. I didn't spend much time alone for fear that I'd miss out.

  Elisabeth Shue

  Girl, Sports, Brother

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