“He was alone with his thoughts. They were extremely unpleasant thoughts and he would rather have had a chaperon.” — Douglas Adams Copy Share Image
I have always loved solitude, a trait which tends to increase with age. — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
Solitude is the human condition in which I keep myself company. Loneliness comes about when I am alone without being able to… — Hannah Arendt Copy Share Image
It struck him as a bit unfair that, at the age of eight, he should have manifested the same sense of solitude… — John le Carre Copy Share Image
“I wasn't afraid of being alone, but I was afraid of what people would think about my solitary state. People, even well-intentioned… — Alice Pung Copy Share Image
“For there comes a time in life when the pity previously reserved only for children takes on a different form, a time… — Irène Némirovsky Copy Share Image
He really had been through death, but he had returned because he could not bear the solitude. — Gabriel Garcia Marquez Copy Share Image
Without solitude it is virtually impossible to live a spiritual life. ...We do not take the spiritual life seriously if we do… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
“ Solitude There is a charm in Solitude that cheers A feeling that the world knows nothing of A green delight the… — John Clare Copy Share Image
It is good to be solitary, for solitude is difficult; that something is difficult must be a reason the more for us… — Rainer Maria Rilke Copy Share Image
“My heart almost died within me; miserable longings strained its chords. How long were the September days! How silent, how lifeless!” — Charlotte Brontë Copy Share Image
“A man thinking or working will always be alone, let him be where he will.” — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
I frequently lock myself in my studio. I do not often see the people I love, and in the end I shall… — Edgar Degas Copy Share Image
“I had a cup of tea, thought about my day and mostly about the horse whom, though I'd only known him a… — Leonora Carrington Copy Share Image
It is right that you have to have a tolerance for solitude. But when that solitude bears fruit, you can abandon it.… — Richard Ford Copy Share Image
Our dearest one. Fear nothing of the forest. There is no danger in solitude. We have no need of our brothers. Let… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
The very fine line between loneliness and solitude, reflection; being alone, always appealed to me when I was a kid. — Brad Mehldau Copy Share Image
It's practically my subject, my theme: solitude and community; the weirdness and terrors of solitude: the stifling and consolations of community. Also,… — Derek Mahon Copy Share Image
If solitude deprives of the benefit of advice, it also excludes from the mischief of flattery. But the absence of others' applause… — William Benton Clulow Copy Share Image
