“Solitude became, for me, an interesting mosaic of broken pieces, a place where the neglected parts of myself get collected—for better and… — Laurie A. Helgoe Copy Share Image
“He hadn't left any of the stretches that he'd done of me. But he did leave a sketch of my rocking chair.… — Benjamin Alire Sáenz Copy Share Image
“I hastened,..., back to London,...; for here you have the advantage of solitude without its disadvantage, since you may be alone and… — Henry Fielding Copy Share Image
“I wished a companion to lie near me in the starlight, silent and not moving, but ever within touch. For there is… — Robert Louis Stevenson Copy Share Image
There's a difference between solitude and loneliness. I can understand the concept of being a monk for a while. — Tom Hanks Copy Share Image
In this horror of solitude, this need to lose his ego in exterior flesh, which man calls grandly the need for love. — Charles Baudelaire Copy Share Image
“We fail to realize that participating in an online working group is a form of solitude all its own.” — Susan Cain Copy Share Image
In order to be open to creativity, one must have the capacity for constructive use of solitude. One must overcome the fear… — Rollo May Copy Share Image
“Retreat" "I can't explain why I did these things, except to say that I carry a little imp inside me whose ambrosia… — Wells Tower Copy Share Image
Concerning the factors of silence, solitude and darkness, we can only say that they are actually elements in the production of the… — Sigmund Freud Copy Share Image
Solitude is for me a fount of healing which makes my life worth living. Talking is often a torment for me, and… — Carl Jung Copy Share Image
All human beings go through a previous life... Who knows how many fleshly forms the heir of heaven occupies before he can… — Honore de Balzac Copy Share Image
In solitude the mind gains strength and learns to lean upon itself. — Laurence Sterne Copy Share Image
One day, quite some time ago, I happened on a photograph of Napoleon’s youngest brother, Jerome, taken in 1852. And I realized… — Roland Barthes Copy Share Image
The true solitary ... will feel that he is himself only when he is alone; when he is in company he will… — Vita Sackville-West Copy Share Image
It is the swimmer who first leaps into the frozen stream who is cut sharpest by the ice; those who follow him… — Olive Schreiner Copy Share Image
Solitude is fine, but you need someone to tell you that solitude is fine. — Honore de Balzac Copy Share Image
“Cantor illustrated the concept of infinity for his students by telling them that there was once a man who had a hotel… — Peter Hoeg Copy Share Image
I like my solitude, and I'm a strong-willed person; I'm a very hard-to-be-around person sometimes, I guess. — Bradford Cox Copy Share Image
Introverts like being introverts. We are drawn to ideas, we are passionate observers, and for us, solitude is rich and generative. — Laurie Helgoe Copy Share Image
Not everyone knows how to be alone with others, how to share solitude. We have to help each other to understand how… — David Spangler Copy Share Image
I spend most of my time alone, because I so value and thrive in the quiet. Heaven. — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
“I was adrift, tugged and pulled by the gravity of solitude, a festering hunger driving me like a relentless martinet” — Peter Tieryas Liu Copy Share Image
