Famous Quotes

"To share our stories is not only a worthwhile endeavor for the storyteller, but for those who hear our stories and feel less alone because of it."

Joyce Maynard on Alone

More quotes about Alone

• "It is strange to be known so universally and yet to be so lonely."

  Albert Einstein on Alone

• "Alone we can do so little together we can do so much."

  Helen Keller on Alone

• "It's often just enough to be with someone. I don't need to touch them. Not even talk. A feeling passes between you both. You're not alone."

  Marilyn Monroe on Alone

• "Associate with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation for it is better to be alone than in bad company."

  George Washington on Alone

• "I restore myself when I'm alone."

  Marilyn Monroe on Alone

More quotes by Joyce Maynard

• "Many women my age have known the experience of giving up crucial parts of themselves to please the man they love."

• "I believed my story would be helpful to young women my daughter's age, who are still in the process of forming themselves as women, and in need of encouragement to remain true to themselves."

• "Many women my age have known the experience of giving up crucial parts of themselves to please the man they love."

• "Not only did I avoid speaking of Salinger I resisted thinking about him. I did not reread his letters to me. The experience had been too painful."

• "If people choose to live their life in a way that does not confront the more troubling aspects of their experience, that's fine, if it works for them. But it will probably make them uncomfortable if they come up against somebody like me. So they just shouldn't! They shouldn't read my work!"