--- title: "1 Loneliness Solitude Quotes By Elif Safak" description: "1 Loneliness Solitude quotes by Elif Safak. Plus more from Elif Safak and more Loneliness Solitude sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/891/elif-safak-8931_believe_loneliness-and-solitude-are-two-differen_2993222.png" --- > [Loneliness and solitude are two different things. When you are lonely, it is easy to delude yourself into believing that you are on the right path. Solitude is better for us, as it means being alone without feeling lonely. But…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elif-safak/loneliness-and-solitude-are-two-different-things-when-you-are-lonely/) [Elif Safak](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elif-safak/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/891/elif-safak-8931_believe_loneliness-and-solitude-are-two-differen_2993222.png) ## More by Elif Safak > [Turkey is a complex country. Most readers are women, of all generations, and they are passionate about books. However, the written culture is mostly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elif-safak/turkey-is-a-complex-country-most-readers-are-women-of-all-generations/) [Elif Safak](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elif-safak/) > [I spent my entire childhood observing people. I still do.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elif-safak/i-spent-my-entire-childhood-observing-people-i-still-do/) [Elif Safak](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elif-safak/) > [With 'The Forty Rules of Love,' I wanted to write a love story. But I wanted a love story with a spiritual dimension. For…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elif-safak/with-the-forty-rules-of-love-i-wanted-to-write-a-love-story-but-i/) [Elif Safak](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elif-safak/) > [Writing is a tribute to solitude. It is choosing introversion over extroversion, lonely hours/days/weeks/years over fun and sociability.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elif-safak/writing-is-a-tribute-to-solitude-it-is-choosing-introversion-over/) [Elif Safak](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elif-safak/) > [Submission does not mean being weak or passive. It leads to neither fatalism nor capitulation. Just the opposite. True power resides in submission. A…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elif-safak/submission-does-not-mean-being-weak-or-passive-it-leads-to-neither/) [Elif Safak](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elif-safak/) > [The lack of trust in supranational entities and cosmopolitan elite creates a fertile ground for tribalist belongings and reactionary politics.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elif-safak/the-lack-of-trust-in-supranational-entities-and-cosmopolitan-elite/) [Elif Safak](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elif-safak/) > [In a normal democracy, you protect the individual from the excessive power of the state. In Turkey, power elites try to protect the state…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elif-safak/in-a-normal-democracy-you-protect-the-individual-from-the-excessive/) [Elif Safak](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elif-safak/) > [Obviously, Turkey is not a typical authoritarian regime, and obviously it's very important that there are free elections. But it's also obvious that this…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elif-safak/obviously-turkey-is-not-a-typical-authoritarian-regime-and-obviously/) [Elif Safak](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elif-safak/) > [Feminists are now being vilified in politics, erdogan used to speak more embracingly, saying he was the leader of everyone, whether they voted for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elif-safak/feminists-are-now-being-vilified-in-politics-erdogan-used-to-speak/) [Elif Safak](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elif-safak/) > [We're born into a certain family, nation, class. But if we have no connection whatsoever with the worlds beyond the one we take for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elif-safak/we-re-born-into-a-certain-family-nation-class-but-if-we-have-no/) [Elif Safak](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elif-safak/) > [I write my novels in English first; then they are translated into Turkish by professional translators. Then I take their translation and rewrite. So…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elif-safak/i-write-my-novels-in-english-first-then-they-are-translated-into/) [Elif Safak](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elif-safak/) > [For me, coming from the women's movement, politics is not just about parties and parliament. There is politics in our private space and in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elif-safak/for-me-coming-from-the-women-s-movement-politics-is-not-just-about/) [Elif Safak](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elif-safak/) > [There are two different ways of writing a novel. The first I call the traditional father way, when the novelist slightly situates himself or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elif-safak/there-are-two-different-ways-of-writing-a-novel-the-first-i-call-the/) [Elif Safak](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elif-safak/) > [Sometimes I feel I have more faith in European ideals than some of my British or French friends. For them, it's a financial burden.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elif-safak/sometimes-i-feel-i-have-more-faith-in-european-ideals-than-some-of-my/) [Elif Safak](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elif-safak/) > [Almost half of the Turkish population believes it is not legitimate to criticize the government. Interestingly, this correlates with the number of supporters of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elif-safak/almost-half-of-the-turkish-population-believes-it-is-not-legitimate/) [Elif Safak](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elif-safak/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/loneliness-solitude/elif-safak/#itemlist", "name": "1 Loneliness Solitude Quotes By Elif Safak", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Loneliness and solitude are two different things. 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