“In 1988, a cave explorer named Véronique Le Guen volunteered for an extreme experiment: to live alone in an underground cavern in… — Michael Finkel Copy Share Image
“A solitary, unused to speaking of what he sees and feels, has mental experiences which are at once more intense and less… — Thomas Mann Copy Share Image
He could have had his choice of any woman in the district. And he chose solitude. Not solitude – that sounds too… — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
Become totally empty Quiet the restlessness of the mind Only then will you witness everything unfolding from emptiness — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I'm happy being alone. I'll only have you if you're sweeter and peaceful than my solitude. — Jofeliza Padrigone Copy Share Image
I am persuaded there is no such thing after all as a perfect enjoyment of solitude; for the more delicious the solitude… — Leigh Hunt Copy Share Image
Everybody needs to take some time, in some way, to quiet themselves and really listen to their heart. — Jack Kornfield Copy Share Image
Loneliness comes in two basic varieties. When it results from a desire for solitude, loneliness is a door we close against the… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
I feel like human beings can't help but destroy, but if our numbers are small we don't destroy as much as we… — Melissa Holbrook Pierson Copy Share Image
Solitude is fine but you need someone to tell that solitude is fine. — Honore De Balzac Copy Share Image
Loneliness is, like, when you wish someone else was there, and solitude is when you enjoy being alone. I don't always wanna… — Jonathan Van Ness Copy Share Image
In the end all books are written for your friends. The problem after writing One Hundred Years of Solitude was that now… — Gabriel Garcia Marquez Copy Share Image
“Allow the heart to empty itself of all turmoil! Retrieve the utter tranquility of the mind from which you issued. Although all… — Lao Tzu Copy Share Image
A friend is more than a therapist or confessor, even though a friend can sometimes heal us and offer us God's forgiveness.… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“All men's miseries derive from not being able to sit quiet in a room alone.” — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
. . .nature is still predominant, and there are those who regret that with the improvements of cultivation the sublimity of the… — Thomas Cole Copy Share Image
O Solitude! if I must with thee dwell, Let it not be among the jumbled heap Of murky buildings: climb with me… — John Keats Copy Share Image
“A woman of strength knows to take the time to prepare herself...she goes into seclusion for a season if necessary, to gather… — Neva Coyle Copy Share Image
Death is appalling to those of the most iron nerves, when it comes quietly and in the stillness and solitude of night. — James F. Cooper Copy Share Image
“If you are lonely, you feel separated from everybody. If you are in solitude, you feel you are in contact with the… — Siren Waroe Copy Share Image
I don't think playing it safe constitutes a retreat, necessarily. In other words, I don't think if, by playing safe he means… — Rod Serling Copy Share Image
For the self-development of men and women it is absolutely necessary that they should be alone with themselves at least one hour… — William J. H. Boetcker Copy Share Image
“Although most introverts seek time alone as an alternative to people and competition, solitude is a power source for the introvert. And… — Laurie Helgoe Copy Share Image
“On the other side of the curtain, children were squabbling, a baby was crying, and there was the smell of rat-and-cabbage casserole.… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
