That's a terrifying prospect for myself, and I'm sure many other people, as well. We leave TVs on in our house. I… — Katee Sackhoff Copy Share Image
This perpetual hurry of business and company ruins me in soul if not in body. More solitude and earlier hours! — William Wilberforce Copy Share Image
“He felt lonely. His solitude was thrown into relief by being observed.” — Michael Frayn Copy Share Image
“There is no solitude greater than the samurai's, unless perhaps it be that of a tiger in the jungle.” — Jean-Pierre Melville Copy Share Image
Now Autumn's fire burns slowly along the woods, And day by day the dead leaves fall and melt, And night by night… — William Allingham Copy Share Image
I don't mind solitude. I love talking to other people, but I do need my space. — Iris Chang Copy Share Image
When you hear a solo piano, there's a solitude about just one instrument playing. It can be beautiful; it can be sad. — Jean-Marc Vallee Copy Share Image
It would be nice to avoid the world, to leave it and all its threats and unhappiness. Not to die or anything… — Robert Cormier Copy Share Image
“When we live with a solitude of heart, we can listen with attention to the words and the worlds of others, but… — Henri J.M. Nouwen Copy Share Image
That's what fascinates me about these writers' retreats: You're in these small spaces with small groups of people, and all of the… — Lynn Coady Copy Share Image
When the moon shines very brilliantly, a solitude and stillness seem to proceed from her that influence even crowded places full of… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
The great omission in American life is solitude; not loneliness, for this is an alienation that thrives most in the midst of… — Marya Mannes Copy Share Image
To live without feeling or exciting sympathy, to be fortunate without adding to the felicity of others, or afflicted without tasting the… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
There is a solitude, which each and every one of us has always carried with him, more inaccessible than the ice-cold mountains,… — Elizabeth Cady Stanton Copy Share Image
Solitude is one of our great superpowers... Solitude is the key to being able to make effective decisions and then having the… — Susan Cain Copy Share Image
“I never went downstairs to join my housemates around the television. I cooked dinner later than everyone else and carried the plate… — Sara Baume Copy Share Image
“She day-dreams just as I do. She is addicted to her solitude just as I am. She loves watching the rain-drops fall… — Avijeet Das Copy Share Image
I know what men want. Men want to be really, really close to someone who will leave them alone. — Elayne Boosler Copy Share Image
“In her present mood of self-disgust, she could not immediately begin dreaming again. And she discovered that, while solitude with dreams is… — L.M. Montgomery Copy Share Image
“Humans are all too happy to keep company until the company turns out to be less appealing than solitude.” — Thor Benson Copy Share Image
