There are some dried flowers found in between the pages of your books.. you've done a lot of saving, haven't you? — Needa Muy Copy Share Image
“Islands are emblematic not only of solitude but of refuge and sanctuary, the way a small boat is an island in rough… — Gretel Ehrlich Copy Share Image
Fear is the loneliest feeling. You can be in a throng of people, but if you're afraid, you're on your own. — Michelle Paver Copy Share Image
For oft, when on my couch I lie in vacant or in pensive mood they flash upon that inward eye which is… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
There comes a time where you must become cold and separate the ones who are tearing you down. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“There was a Wonderful Friend whom i meet when ever in solitude.. He gives me solace & Fun. People call them Books.” — Lowplex Copy Share Image
Snug misanthropic solitude is better than hit-or-miss congeniality Taken from 'An Alphabet for Gourmets' — M F K Fisher Copy Share Image
I have to say that I have no regrets about my decision to become a priest or about the major directions my… — Andrew Greeley Copy Share Image
Over there, in Europe, all was shame and anger. Here it was exile or solitude, among these languid and agitated madmen who… — Albert Camus Copy Share Image
I write in praise of the solitary act: of not feeling a trespassing tongue forced into one's mouth, one's breath smothered, nipples… — Fleur Adcock Copy Share Image
For the way loneliness is worse when you return to it after a reprieve—like the soul’s version of putting on a wet… — Laini Taylor Copy Share Image
“Totally sucked into a whirlpool of silence. However, don’t want to fight the feeling.. Just learning how to enjoy the company of… — Sarah Adel Copy Share Image
“There’s no lonelier feeling than when a crowd of people is staring at you and there’s nowhere to hide. But you know… — Jay Ebben Copy Share Image
Reading, solitude, idleness, a soft and sedentary life, intercourse with women and young people, these are perilous paths for a young man,… — Jean-Jacques Rousseau Copy Share Image
Nature has a language of its own, or maybe those who have lived long in solitude read in it their own unconscious… — Alexandra David-Neel Copy Share Image
“Left alone, I am overtaken by the northern void-no wind, no cloud, no track, no bird, only the crystal crescents between peaks,… — Peter Matthiessen Copy Share Image
“A light and intermittent snowfall kept my world white over the next several days. The air was fresh and pure, nature's white… — Bobby Underwood Copy Share Image
“As with Jack, the discriminating milieu of loneliness moved Hugh to raise the stakes of solitude, not from a wish to spare… — Edward Cline Copy Share Image
Illustrious confessors of Jesus Christ, a Christian finds in prison the same joys as the prophets tasted in the desert. Call it… — Tertullian Copy Share Image
It is the swimmer who first leaps into the frozen stream who is cut sharpest by the ice; those who follow him… — Olive Schreiner Copy Share Image
“Being alone is a choice, Gabby. You can either invest in people's lives-and I'm talking quality not quantity-or you can seclude yourself… — Christy Barritt Copy Share Image
“By solitude the soul escapes from doing or suffering magic; it escapes from dullness, from boredom, by being aware. Nothing is boring… — Ursula K. Le Guin Copy Share Image
“In any love-story there are usually two stages or phases. There is the initial stage, where love is expressed by the giving… — Raniero Cantalamessa Copy Share Image