“People used what they called a telephone because they hated being close together and they were too scared of being alone.”

“Being called close-minded by religious people is a bit like being called yellow by a bunch of bananas.”

Pat Condell (1949) Stand-up comedian, writer, and Internet personality

“What changed for me was – I don’t want to go through life being scared of it, being scared of love, being scared of rejection, being scared of failure.”

Chris Martin (1977) musician, co-founder of Coldplay

“People were created to be loved. Things were created to be used. The reason why the world is in chaos is because things are being loved and people are being used.”

Ralph Smart

“I'm tired of being in love and being all alone
When you're so far away from me.
I'm tired of making out on the telephone
Because you're so far away from me.”

Mark Knopfler (1949) English guitarist

“Harry: (On being called a self-hating Jew) Hey, I may hate myself, but not because I'm Jewish.”

Woody Allen (1935) American screenwriter, director, actor, comedian, author, playwright, and musician

“It was OK, us being Reds during the war, because we were all on the same side. But then the Cold War started. Almost overnight we became enemies of people who were close friends — they crossed the street to avoid us.”

Doris Lessing (1919–2013) British novelist, poet, playwright, librettist, biographer and short story writer

“Perhaps only those people who are capable of real togetherness have that look of being alone in the world.”

D.H. Lawrence (1885–1930) English novelist, poet, playwright, essayist, literary critic and painter

“A fly was very close to being called a "land," cause that's what they do half the time.”

Mitch Hedberg (1968–2005) American stand-up comedian

“Being here alone with nothing to do, I've been thinking about myself too. Trying to understand why I hate myself so badly.”

Orson Scott Card book Ender's Game