I used to live in a little city by the sea, and the…

I stood lonely enough, but to that feeling of isolation I was accustomed: it did not oppress me much.

— Charlotte Bronte

People often expect the other person to respond first in a positive way, instead of taking the initiative to create that possibility. I feel…

— Dalai Lama

I like the idea of isolation, I like the idea of solitude. You can be connected and have a phone and still be lonely.

— Paul Theroux

I like writing in total isolation like out in the woods somewhere.

— Weyes Blood

When one chooses to be a writer, psychologically there's a reason for that because you like the isolation and you like to be by…

— Woody Allen

“solitude is, more or less, an inevitable circumstance. Sometimes, however, this sense of isolation, like acid spilling out of a bottle, can unconsciously eat…

— Haruki Murakami

“Through all his years of roving, even on nights like this, he had remained blind to the beauty of the sea, and now his…

— William Outerson

She had the perpetual sense, as she watched the taxi cabs, of being out, out, far out to sea and alone; she always had…

— Virginia Woolf

“As it was, nothing happened except the two of us watching the sea come in and go out again, listening to the birds, sheltering…

— Meg Rosoff

“In books there’s nothing of the fish covered in the coldness of the sea, or the feeling of a star touching space. Bad for…

— Steve Aylett

At times, the biggest challenge in embracing simplicity will be the vague feeling of isolation that comes with it, since private sacrifice doesn't garner…

— Rolf Potts

“I think that in many cases people tend to expect the other person to respond to them in a positive way first, rather than…

— Dalai Lama

“By the time she made it up the stairs to her own front door, Helen knew several things she hadn’t known half an hour…

— Lynda Cohen Loigman

Sometimes, however, this sense of isolation, like acid spilling out of a bottle, can unconsciously eat away at a person’s heart and dissolve it.

— Haruki Murakami

Writing and reading decrease our sense of isolation. It's like singing on a boat during a terrible storm at sea. You can't stop the…

— Anne Lamott