Women need solitude in order to find again the true…

The artist knows he must be alone to create; the writer, to work out his thoughts; the musician, to compose; the saint, to pray.…

— Anne Morrow Lindbergh

Certain springs are tapped only when we are alone. Women need solitude in order to find again the true essence of themselves; that firm…

— Anne Morrow Lindbergh

“All lovers desire solitude in order to possess each other more completely. They create for each other a new universe inhabited by the two…

— Georges Rodenbach

“Letter writing allows us to be alone yet connected. We need a certain amount of solitude in order to have true ideas to communicate.…

— Alexandra Stoddard

“You need to establish a degree of privacy and solitude in order to write”

— Pamela Glass Kelly

I do know that I need solitude, not only to write but to nourish myself (being, like most writers, an introvert) so that I…

— Katherine Paterson

I need solitude for my writing; not 'like a hermit' - that wouldn't be enough - but like a dead man.

— Franz Kafka

Women need a space to be creative -- creativity thrives in solitude.

— Sark

“...some nights I'd sneak out and listen to the radio in my Dad's old Chevy - children need solitude - they don't teach that…

— John Geddes

Your inner voice is the voice of divinity. To hear it, we need to be in solitude, even in crowded places.

— A. R. Rahman

“Eventually we find that we no longer need silence. We no longer need solitude. We no longer even need words. We can make all…

— Mark Haddon

Ah! I need solitude. I have come forth to this hill at sunset to see the forms of the mountains in the horizon -…

— Henry David Thoreau

“Nook people are those of us who need solitude, but also the sound of someone puttering in the next room.”

— Durga Chew-Bose

The first great thing is to find yourself and for that you need solitude and contemplation - at least sometimes. I can tell you…

— Fridtjof Nansen

I have not a desire but a need for solitude.

— Roland Barthes