Plato conceived of philosophy as necessarily gregarious rather than solitary. The exposure of presumptions is best done in company, the more argumentative… — Rebecca Goldstein Copy Share Image
The reveries of two solitary souls prepare the sweetness of loving. — Gaston Bachelard Copy Share Image
And again there are no words. Words exist that can, used by a poet, achieve a dim monochrome of the body's love,… — John Wyndham Copy Share Image
Great men stand like solitary towers in the city of God. — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Copy Share Image
It is possible to be solitary in one's mind while living in a crowd, and it is possible for one who is… — Syncletica of Alexandria Copy Share Image
His own life seemed so solitary, a fragile column supporting nothing amidst the wreckage of the years. — Carson McCullers Copy Share Image
I had no idea how complicated and solitary it could be to write a simple book. — Jenny Lawson Copy Share Image
The worth of a life is not determined by a single failure or a solitary success. — Kevin Kline Copy Share Image
A solitary traveler can sleep from state to state, from day to night, from day to day, in the long womb of… — Lisa St. Aubin de Terán Copy Share Image
“I own a crevice stuffed with moss and a couch of lemming fur; I sit and listen to the music of water… — John A. Haines Copy Share Image
The New Testament does not envisage solitary religion; regular assembly for worship is everywhere in the epistles. — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
Et Tu, Babe' was born out of my absolute certainty that a writer's life was solitary and insular, and I was happy… — Mark Leyner Copy Share Image
I finally figured out that I’m solitary by nature, but at the same time I know so many people; so many people… — Charles de Lint Copy Share Image
Solitary confinement has been used extensively, it always has. I was in prison for 44 years; it was a normal part of… — Wilbert Rideau Copy Share Image
In America, a metrical poem is likely to conjure up the idea of the sort of poet who wears ties and lunches… — Joseph Brodsky Copy Share Image
"The Universe repeats itself, with the possible exception of history." Of all earthly studies history is the only one that does not… — Gilbert K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
[Liberty] is a choreand a long-distance race, quite solitary, quite exhausting. — Albert Camus Copy Share Image
Neurotic identity crises come when our defense mechanisms have been too successful and we're encapsulated in the fortress we have constructed with… — Sam Keen Copy Share Image
Solitary confinement is too terrible a punishment to inflict on any human being, no matter what his crime. Hardened criminals in the… — Emmeline Pankhurst Copy Share Image
It's the same thing in a way, although writing a book is a very solitary thing. — Neil Jordan Copy Share Image
Serious or trivial, his daily behavior has instituted a canon which millions observe this day with conscious memory. No one regarded by… — David George Hogarth Copy Share Image
Only the solitary seek the truth, and they break with all those who don't love it sufficiently — Boris Pasternak Copy Share Image
If a man wants to be of the greatest possible value to his fellow-creature s let him begin the long, solitary task… — Robertson Davies Copy Share Image
Solitary people, these book lovers. I think it's swell that there are people you don't have to worry about when you don't… — Helen Oyeyemi Copy Share Image