--- title: "11 Fear Solitude Quotes by 9 authors" description: "Browse 11 Fear Solitude quotes by 9 authors. Discover the best Fear Solitude sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/190/gail-honeyman-2909_solitude_some-people-weak-people-fear-solitude-wh_2875700.jpg" --- > [“Some people, weak people, fear solitude. What they fail to understand is that you don't need anyone, you can take care of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gail-honeyman/some-people-weak-people-fear-solitude-what-they-fail-to-understand-is-2/) [Gail Honeyman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gail-honeyman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/190/gail-honeyman-2909_solitude_some-people-weak-people-fear-solitude-wh_2875700.jpg) > [Nighttime to some, a brief interlude. To others, the fear of solitude.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/the-moody-blues/nighttime-to-some-a-brief-interlude-to-others-the-fear-of-solitude/) [The Moody Blues](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/the-moody-blues/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ead/the-moody-blues-20991_nighttime_nighttime-to-some-a-brief-interlude-to-o_3184567.jpg) > [Men fear silence as they fear solitude, because both give them a glimpse of the terror of life's nothingness.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andre-maurois/men-fear-silence-as-they-fear-solitude-because-both-give-them-a/) [Andre Maurois](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andre-maurois/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/066/andre-maurois-3217_death_men-fear-silence-as-they-fear-solitude-b_2980353.jpg) > [“Some people, weak people, fear solitude. What they fail to understand is that there’s something very liberating about it; once you realize…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gail-honeyman/some-people-weak-people-fear-solitude-what-they-fail-to-understand-is/) [Gail Honeyman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gail-honeyman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/591/gail-honeyman-2909_solitude_some-people-weak-people-fear-solitude-wh_77884.jpg) > [Blessed are those who do not fear solitude, who are not afraid of their own company, who are not always desperately looking…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/blessed-are-those-who-do-not-fear-solitude-who-are-not-afraid-of/) [Paulo Coelho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paulo-coelho/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/71d/paulo-coelho-10_blessed_blessed-are-those-who-do-not-fear-solitu_1960995.jpg) > [The fear of your own solitude, of its vast surface and its infinity… Remorse is the voice of solitude. And what does…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emile-m-cioran/the-fear-of-your-own-solitude-of-its-vast-surface-and-its-infinity/) [Emile M. Cioran](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emile-m-cioran/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c10/emile-m-cioran-1211_doe_the-fear-of-your-own-solitude-of-its-vas_347267.jpg) > [When you cease to fear your solitude, a new creativity awakens in you. Your forgotten or neglected wealth begins to reveal itself.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-o-donohue/when-you-cease-to-fear-your-solitude-a-new-creativity-awakens-in-you/) [John O'Donohue](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-o-donohue/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c9e/john-o-donohue-1919_coming-home_when-you-cease-to-fear-your-solitude-a-n_2676587.jpg) > [I am not sure what lonliness is," she said. "If it is not literally being solitary, is it the fear of solitude,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-balogh/i-am-not-sure-what-lonliness-is-she-said-if-it-is-not-literally-being/) [Mary Balogh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-balogh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/390/mary-balogh-914_expression_i-am-not-sure-what-lonliness-is-she-said_2763350.png) > [“we fear solitude. We mistake it for loneliness and attempt to fill the emptiness, the silence with activity and noise and people.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/iyanla-vanzant/we-fear-solitude-we-mistake-it-for-loneliness-and-attempt-to-fill-the/) [Iyanla Vanzant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/iyanla-vanzant/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/51e/iyanla-vanzant-557_fear_we-fear-solitude-we-mistake-it-for-lonel_2552673.png) > [“Without solitude, Love will not stay long by your side. Because Love needs to rest, so that it can journey through the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/without-solitude-love-will-not-stay-long-by-your-side-because-love/) [Paulo Coelho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paulo-coelho/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/79f/paulo-coelho-10_business_without-solitude-love-will-not-stay-long_2693918.jpg) > [“It scares us more than anything except death. Being alone. Our fear of solitude is so ingrained that given the choice of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lionel-fisher/it-scares-us-more-than-anything-except-death-being-alone-our-fear-of/) [Lionel Fisher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lionel-fisher/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c32/lionel-fisher-27515_business_it-scares-us-more-than-anything-except-d_88424.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/fear-solitude/#itemlist", "name": "Fear Solitude Quotes", "numberOfItems": 11, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Some people, weak people, fear solitude. 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She glanced briefly at him and smiled, a fragile expression that spoke for itself even before she found words. \"Never finding myself again…", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Mary Balogh" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-balogh/i-am-not-sure-what-lonliness-is-she-said-if-it-is-not-literally-being/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/390/mary-balogh-914_expression_i-am-not-sure-what-lonliness-is-she-said_2763350.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/390/mary-balogh-914_expression_i-am-not-sure-what-lonliness-is-she-said_2763350.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/390/mary-balogh-914_expression_i-am-not-sure-what-lonliness-is-she-said_2763350.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I am not sure what lonliness is,\" she said. \"If it is not literally being solitary, is it the fear of…” — Mary Balogh", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 9, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“we fear solitude. We mistake it for loneliness and attempt to fill the emptiness, the silence with activity and noise and people. But the solitude of Snapper Five provided Rhonda with the silence she needed to hear herself think. She was able to become still and allow her feelings about herself to surface. Through the silence, she became aware of her fears as well as her strengths. She learned that she possessed faith, and she learned to trust the power of that faith. The solitude of Snapper Five also brought Rhonda much-needed clarity. She became clear about what it was she specifically wanted in her life and what she did not want. Rhonda”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Iyanla Vanzant" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/iyanla-vanzant/we-fear-solitude-we-mistake-it-for-loneliness-and-attempt-to-fill-the/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/51e/iyanla-vanzant-557_fear_we-fear-solitude-we-mistake-it-for-lonel_2552673.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/51e/iyanla-vanzant-557_fear_we-fear-solitude-we-mistake-it-for-lonel_2552673.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/51e/iyanla-vanzant-557_fear_we-fear-solitude-we-mistake-it-for-lonel_2552673.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“we fear solitude. We mistake it for loneliness and attempt to fill the emptiness, the silence with activity…” — Iyanla Vanzant", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 10, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Without solitude, Love will not stay long by your side. Because Love needs to rest, so that it can journey through the heavens and reveal itself in other forms. Without solitude, no plant or animal can survive, no soil can remain productive, no child can learn about life, no artist can create, no work can grow and be transformed. Solitude is not the absence of Love, but its complement. Solitude is not the absence of company, but the moment when our soul is free to speak to us and help us decide what to do with our life. Therefore, blessed are those who do not fear solitude, who are not afraid of their own company, who are not always desperately looking for something to do, something to amuse themselves with, something to judge. If you are never alone, you cannot know yourself. And if you do not know yourself, you will begin to fear the void.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Paulo Coelho" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/without-solitude-love-will-not-stay-long-by-your-side-because-love/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/79f/paulo-coelho-10_business_without-solitude-love-will-not-stay-long_2693918.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/79f/paulo-coelho-10_business_without-solitude-love-will-not-stay-long_2693918.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/79f/paulo-coelho-10_business_without-solitude-love-will-not-stay-long_2693918.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Without solitude, Love will not stay long by your side. Because Love needs to rest, so that it can journey…” — Paulo Coelho", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 11, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“It scares us more than anything except death. Being alone. Our fear of solitude is so ingrained that given the choice of being alone or being with others we opt for safety in numbers, even at the expense of lingering in painful, boring, or totally unredeeming company. And yet more of us than ever are alone. While many more Americans have their solo lifestyles thrust on them--people die, people go away--a huge and growing population is choosing to be alone. Nonetheless, we persist in the conviction that a solitary existence is the harshest sentence life can mete to us. We loathe being alone--anytime, anywhere, for too long, for whatever reason. From childhood we're conditioned to accept that when alone we instinctively ache for company, that loners are outsiders yearning to get in rather than people who are content with their own company. Alone, we squander life by rejecting its full potential and wasting its remaining promises. Alone, we accept that experiences unshared are barely worthwhile, that sunsets viewed singly are not as spectacular, that time spent apart is fallow and pointless. 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