“But for pain words are lacking. There should be cries, cracks, fissures, whiteness passing over chintz covers, interference with the sense of… — Virginia Woolf Copy Share Image
My retirement was now become solitude; the former is, I believe, the best state for the mind of man, the latter almost… — Hannah More Copy Share Image
“Solitude seems to oppress me. And so does the company of other people.” — Eugène Ionesco Copy Share Image
You get good at being by yourself and you're condemned to a life sentence of solitude. You think, "Wait a minute! I… — Sandra Cisneros Copy Share Image
Since the time of St. Jerome, it was mandatory for any kind of scholar or thinker to spend time out in the… — Bill Viola Copy Share Image
As there is no pleasure in military life for a soldier who fears death, so there is no independence in civil existence… — Philip Gilbert Hamerton Copy Share Image
“Wherever she sought solitude, she was never alone. Suddenly that wasn't a bad thing. There was safety in numbers greater than one… — Nicki Salcedo Copy Share Image
My passionate sense of social justice and social responsibility has always contrasted oddly with my pronounced lack of need for direct contact… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
“Emotion is weakness. It sensitizes you to the trivial and blinds you to the important. Only in detachment can decisions be made… — Joseph R. Lallo Copy Share Image
Already, he was dreaming of a refined solitude, a comfortable desert, a motionless ark in which to seek refuge from the unending… — Joris-Karl Huysmans Copy Share Image
one pale woman all alone, The daylight kissing her wan hair, Loitered beneath the gas lamps' flare, With lips of flame and… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
The artist is a strange being. I think it's safe to say that a real artist is conscious of having a personal… — Peter Schjeldahl Copy Share Image
“Let me now raise my song of glory. Heaven be praised for solitude. Let me be alone. Let me cast and throw… — Virginia Woolf Copy Share Image
Piety practiced in solitude, like the flower that blooms in the desert, may give its fragrance to the winds of heaven, and… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
“...If you're going to be alone, you have the right to secrets. A right not to explain yourself, not even to yourself.” — Angela Flournoy Copy Share Image
“Whoseoever is delighted in solitude, is either a wild beast or a god. Certain it is that the light that a man… — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
“One of the greatest acts of service you can do is to find someone who is secretly lonely and be a friend… — Dan Pearce Copy Share Image
“You must not let yourself be misled, in your solitude, by the fact that there is something in you which wants to… — Rainer Maria Rilke Copy Share Image
“In solitude, struggles occur that no one else knows about. Inner battles are fought here that seldom become fodder for sermons or… — Charles R. Swindoll Copy Share Image
Nothing compares to a quiet evening alone. Just the one-two of us, who's counting on? — Paramore Copy Share Image
