A broken heart is something even I can’t protect you from. I’ve been alone for so long, and believe me, all that does is provide a false sense of security. Being alone doesn’t erase the deep yearning that exists in all of us. We are not solitary creatures. You have to love and open your heart. If not, what is it we are trying to save? When it swallows you whole, remember it means you’ve lived.
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Related It is what it is, it is what you make it. JAMES DURBIN Forget yesterday - it can’t even remember you anymore. Don't worry about tomorrow – you’ve not... ANE KRSTEVSKA What is it that makes you so angry, bothers you so deeply, that you're compelled to act? CRAIG GROESCHEL Unpredictability means what it means. I don't know how you define it. It is what it is. MICHAEL KEATON It is our suffering that brings us together. It is not love. Love does not obey the mind, and turns ... URSULA K. LE GUIN Life will break you. Nobody can protect you from that, and living alone won’t either, for solitude... LOUISE ERDRICH It is a lie. ARTHUR MILLER When you want something with all your heart, that's when you are closest to the Soul of the World...... PAULO COELHO What love is it, then, that has no need of words to call us? In whose image are we made, to take suc... CHRISTIAN BOBIN That's just your ego, trying to make sure it stays in charge. This is what ego does. It keeps you fe... ELIZABETH GILBERT It does not matter what religion you are, so long as your conscience guides your words and actions. ... SUZY KASSEM To stand on the brink of what is coming, feeling eager, optimistic anticipation—with no feeli... ASK AND IT IS GIVEN Tapascharya, spiritual practice means: accepting the truth that you are alone; that there is no way ... OSHO When you have compassion and surrender to your own heart, you are surrendering to the hidden power i... SARA PADDISON 35. God is entitled to a portion of our income—not because He needs it but because we need to give... JAMES C. DOBSON This business of really knowing people, deep down, including your own self, it is not something you ... JAMES HOWE Life will break you. Nobody can protect you from that, and living alone won't either, for solitude w... LOUISE ERDRICH Love and relations is a funny game, you want it so much but you hide away protecting yourself in fea... /USER/LENNOX/MY_QUOTES/1 Once, the belief that his love would heal all the wounds, and finally make me feel safe, had been tr... LAURELL K. HAMILTON Life will break you. Nobody can protect you from that, and being alone won't either, for solitude wi... LOUISE ERDRICH When you close your doors, and make darkness within, remember never to say that you are alone, for y... EPICTETUS When you have shut your doors, and darkened your room, remember, never to say that you are alone, fo... EPICTETUS The repercussions are so deep because our responses are emotional. When you think you're being snubb... DEBORAH TANNEN There comes a time in each persons life when we all flip a switch and realize what is truely importa... JESSICA FAYE HAMMER [Think] of an experience from your childhood. Something you remember clearly, something you can see,... 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BURTON Life is weird and wonderful like that, is it not. SONYA.E.WILLIAMS A man can be himself only so long as he is alone; and if he does not love solitude, he will not love... ARTHUR SCHOPENHAUER A man can be himself only so long as he is alone, and if he does not love solitude, he will not love... ARTHUR SCHOPENHAUER I'm not an Emontional, but how??? I live with the thought that "Nothing can be returned, it has... DEYTH BANGER Are you comprehending what God is trying to teach through those tests and trials which you are being... LATIKA TEOTIA We take a risk when we open our hearts because the truth is, if we open our hearts, we will get hurt... MARY MANIN MORRISSEY We thought she'd save him. We all hoped so much that she'd save him because it would have been like ... FREDRIK BACKMAN As a photographer you have a deep love for light, life and yourself. You know that the eyes of love ... MARIUS VIETH But in the end, in the end one is alone. We are all of us alone. I mean I'm told these days we h... HAROLD BLOOM When you dream you go inside yourself, even though it makes you feel like you are traveling many mil... KATE MCGAHAN If we can’t feel into the heart of grief, we can’t truly move on to experience hope and joy. We ... SHARON WEIL Laugh, even when you feel too sick or too worn out or tired. Smile, even when you're trying no... ALYSHA SPEER For everybody, I think that we all, when we look at this situation of race, we need a change of hear... BENJAMIN WATSON When you are joyous, look deep into your heart and you shall find it is only that which has given yo... KHALIL GIBRAN When you are joyous, look deep into your heart and you shall find it is only that which has given yo... KAHLIL GIBRAN Love is a temporary madness. It erupts like an earthquake and then subsides. And when it subsides yo... LOUIS DE BERNIèRES if you love someone,you did not think if it was right...all you know was you love the person so much... VERONICA LAPPAY What do you know of my heart? What do you know of anything but your own suffering. For weeks, Marian... JANE AUSTEN When you have to walk further, wherever it might be, I beg you, never to go alone anymore. I think t... GIGI SEDLMAYER When you are going alone a part alone does not mean there is something wrong with you SUNDAY ADELAJA ...This is a kiss. It is what happens when lips are puckered and pressed against something, sometime... JONATHAN SAFRAN FOER How can you be falling for me if you already love me?” “Because, even though a part of me d... RACHEL SPANSWICK Even if you are in paradise, it is still hell if you are all alone. VIKRANT PARSAI To all the friends out there struggling while so many are celebrating right now, please know that yo... SCOTT STABILE You teach me now how cruel you've been - cruel and false. Why did you despise me? Why did you betray... EMILY BRONTë
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JOHN OATES I have a great family, I live an amazing life. JOHN OATES To me, when a great band is playing together, it's amazing for me. JOHN OATES You may be embarrassed about the way you looked and the wacky clothes you wore when you were young, ... JOHN OATES 'Maneater' is about N.Y.C. in the '80s. It's about greed, avarice, and spoiled riche... JOHN OATES If you look over the years, the styles have changed - the clothes, the hair, the production, the app... JOHN OATES When I graduated from college in the spring of 1970, I decided to hitchhike around Europe with my gu... JOHN OATES I've been asked to do various types of cruises. JOHN OATES Having a mustache and never smiling became a permanent component of my persona through the quaintly ... JOHN OATES My mustache has become this weird iconic representation of a certain era. JOHN OATES I couldn't wait to grow a mustache. I stopped shaving my upper lip the day I graduated from high... JOHN OATES The key, I think, from a business point of view, is to learn how to be efficient in making a record ... JOHN OATES I think people were just starving for good material because they just weren't getting it on the ... JOHN OATES I think in music and a lot of creative fields, people's egos get in the way of their ability of ... JOHN OATES Jam Cruise is actually a comfortable place for me. My jamming skills and my improvisational skills h... JOHN OATES You don't want to pitch a tent and live inside the Louvre. You want to check it out, appreciate ... JOHN OATES I'm a bit more grounded than Daryl. I'm more practical, more pragmatic. Daryl looks more at the crea... JOHN OATES Swimming upstream in the music business is a hard thing to do. JOHN OATES My guitar playing is a synthesis of traditional American acoustic style and Urban Pop and R&B. JOHN OATES I don't care if it's a Cole Porter song, or George Gershwin, or Lennon/McCartney, or Elton J... JOHN OATES Sometimes, it's just great to bring new people into the mix. JOHN OATES A good mustache makes a man for many reasons. JOHN OATES There's always a personal satisfaction in writing a song by yourself. You get the inspiration, a... JOHN OATES If anyone looks back to the '70s, '80s with nostalgic rosy colored glasses and goes, 'We... JOHN OATES Dick Clark's 'American Bandstand' spread the gospel of American pop music and teenage st... JOHN OATES I have such a wide variety of tastes in things that I like musically. JOHN OATES The mustache represented the old John; I didn't want to be that guy anymore, so I shaved it off.... JOHN OATES I realized if I'm not really making an album, I don't have to be concerned about things like... JOHN OATES He would be overjoyed. To see the outpouring of love from the fans, the former players and the Range... GLORIA OATES This is just a very strong testimony to the life Johnny lead. GLORIA OATES It's absolutely awesome the turnout that we've had here. Friends from as far back as high school and... GLORIA OATES I am just going outside and may be some time. CAPTAIN LAWRENCE OATES This was a one-on-one encounter between an officer and a violent felon. And there's no question that... CHIEF DANIEL OATES When you have a dream, you've got to grab it and never let go. CAROL BURNETT I never drank except a couple sips of wine at Thanksgiving. CAROL ALT But I don't begrudge anybody, because I know how hard it is to have that dream and to make it ha... CAROL BURNETT Comedy is tragedy - plus time. CAROL BURNETT We all get where we're going by circuitous journeys, and some of the setbacks are warranted. CAROL BURNETT You have to go through the falling down in order to learn to walk. It helps to know that you can sur... CAROL BURNETT When things are a disappointment, try not to be so discouraged. CAROL BURNETT When I get tired, I start eating things that I wouldn't normally crave, like biscuits, because t... CAROL VORDERMAN I struggled for a while, but when I was cast in an Off Broadway show called 'Once Upon a Mattres... CAROL BURNETT The photoshoot glitz and TV studio make-up isn't the real me. I spend most days at home in Brist... CAROL VORDERMAN I was in California, and I was going to UCLA, and I knew I certainly didn't have movie star look... CAROL BURNETT