“I’m not saying that there’s anything better than mated bliss at its best, but I’m saying that living alone is as good in its own way. But we haven’t quite given ourselves permission to recognize that.”

For 50 percent of Americans marriage is forever, for the rest of us there is another adventure.

If people are watching television by themselves, it makes them part of a community of people laughing.

I’d like to meet a lovely man who shares my interests. On the other hand, I possibly will not. It’s part of the hand you’re dealt. It’s a challenge-and I’m not atypical.

The secret of living a full life is to be fully engaged, moment to moment, to have something in your life that engages you so that there’s nothing missing.

I love writing. I’ve always written journals. I loved writing the book on living alone.

Poetry is very crafted. You can’t have too many words. It needs compression. It has to be spare, just the right number of words.

The thing I love about television is that people watch you in their pajamas, and when they’re eating dinner. You’re part of the family.

I’ve always supported myself. I like the sense of knowing exactly where I stand financially, but there is a side of me that longs for a knight in shining armor.

Bliss is easy, just take a drug. What is hard is feeling good about our real selves.

The less your attachment is towards the senses, the more will be your love towards God .

Alone let him constantly meditate in solitude on that which is salutary for his soul, for he who meditates in solitude attains supreme bliss.

I am in constant bliss, day and night, egotism has been dispelled from within me.

One has to go beyond the mind to experience the spiritual bliss of desirelessness.

The Bliss indeed is eternal, only it is covered and obscured by ignorance.

Meditate upon the Knowledge and Bliss Eternal , and you will also have bliss.

Such are these places where lovers of bliss behold the angel of peace