--- title: "3 Boredom Solitude Quotes by 2 authors" description: "Browse 3 Boredom Solitude quotes by 2 authors. Discover the best Boredom Solitude sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e27/friedrich-nietzsche-15_book_one-receives-as-reward-for-much-ennui-de_125250.jpg" --- > [One receives as reward for much ennui, despondency, boredom -such as a solitude without friends, books, duties, passions must bring with it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/friedrich-nietzsche/one-receives-as-reward-for-much-ennui-despondency-boredom-such-as-a/) [Friedrich Nietzsche](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/friedrich-nietzsche/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e27/friedrich-nietzsche-15_book_one-receives-as-reward-for-much-ennui-de_125250.jpg) > [“The solitary speaks."One receives as a reward for much ennui , ill-humour and boredom, such as a solitude without friends, books, duties…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/friedrich-nietzsche/the-solitary-speaks-one-receives-as-a-reward-for-much-ennui-ill/) [Friedrich Nietzsche](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/friedrich-nietzsche/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c2a/friedrich-nietzsche-15_books_the-solitary-speaks-one-receives-as-a-re_1018005.jpg) > [“Still, when I looked behind the faces of those around me, all I saw was insanity, unrest, and anguish; or suffering, fear,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philippe-djian/still-when-i-looked-behind-the-faces-of-those-around-me-all-i-saw-was/) [Philippe Djian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philippe-djian/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e47/philippe-djian-59521_fear_still-when-i-looked-behind-the-faces-of_1210693.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/boredom-solitude/#itemlist", "name": "Boredom Solitude Quotes", "numberOfItems": 3, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "One receives as reward for much ennui, despondency, boredom -such as a solitude without friends, books, duties, passions must bring with it -those quarter-hours of profoundest contemplation within oneself and nature. 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Some fun, right? I saw a few pretty girls, but they seemed ugly to me, and the men seemed stupid...What I wanted was to fade into the shadows. I wanted a sad world, a cold one - a world without hope, without substance, without light. That's how it was. I wanted to plunge to the bottom...Sometimes you just want to see the whole show fold - the sky fall. 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