Writing is a tribute to solitude. It is choosing introversion over extroversion, lonely hours/days/weeks/years over fun and sociability. — Elif Safak Copy Share Image
What good is a Bill of Rights that does not include the right to play, to wander, to explore, the right to… — Edward Abbey Copy Share Image
Look at Austen. In her novels, you get a dance, followed by an encounter, followed by a letter, then a period of… — Colm Toibin Copy Share Image
Society is afraid of alonedom, like lonely hearts are wasting away in basements, like people must have problems if, after a while,… — Tanya Davis Copy Share Image
Solitude brings a calm mind. A calm mind brings peace. Peace brings contentment. Contentment brings joy and happiness. Meditate. — Tom Tucker Copy Share Image
Youre all locked up in that little world of yours, and when I try knocking on the door, you just sort of… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“On re-entering cultivated lands, the agitation, perplexity, and turmoil of civilization oppressed and suffocated us; the air seemed to fail us, and… — Évariste Régis Huc Copy Share Image
“So I forced myself to step out of my comfort zone and go out and connect with people. I realised that no… — Charlotte Eriksson Copy Share Image
“The very definition of what it means to be alone has changed. To be physically alone is still relatively easy, but many… — José Antonio Bowen Copy Share Image
“For a while, Criticism travels side by side with the Work, then Criticism vanishes and it's the Readers who keep pace. The… — Roberto Bolaño Copy Share Image
“Most of us are more tired than we know at the soul level. We are teetering on the brink of dangerous exhaustion,… — Ruth Haley Barton Copy Share Image
The soul contains few secrets and longings which cannot be sensibly discussed, analyzed, and polled. Solitude, the very condition which sustained the… — Herbert Marcuse Copy Share Image
“We are familiar with people who seek out solitude: penitents, failures, saints, or prophets. They retreat to deserts, preferably, where they live… — Patrick Suskind Copy Share Image
But give thanks, at least, that you still have Frost's poems; and when you feel the need of solitude, retreat to the… — Robert Graves Copy Share Image
“It is significant, I sometimes think, that the facets of nature which quicken my pulse with that awareness of both life and… — August Derleth Copy Share Image
“Unashamed, accustomed to solitude, he began to enjoy his near-invisibility. From his position at the edge of the school around him, he… — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
“The more we frequent men, the blacker our thoughts; and when, to clarify them, we return to our solitude, we find there… — Emil M. Cioran Copy Share Image
, loneliness is like a toothache: It's awarning signal that something is wrong. And like a toothache, if left unattended, it usually… — Senoraroy Copy Share Image
My solitude doesn’t depend on the presence or absence of people; on the contrary, I hate who steals my solitude without, in… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
“We often are alone without feeling lonely and feel lonely when we are not alone, as when we are in a crowd… — Dalai Lama XIV Copy Share Image
What would a man do, if he were compelled to live always in the sultry heat of society, and could never bathe… — Nathaniel Hawthorne 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
Silence is a very concrete, practical, and useful discipline in all our ministerial tasks. It can be seen as a portable cell… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
“The root cause of loneliness is not the absence of another, but the absence of the awareness of our connection to our… — Bryant McGill Copy Share Image
“To my children, I will say, ‘Fill your skin with kindness and find solace in your solitude. It takes bravery to be… — Nikita Gill Copy Share Image
Language... has created the word 'loneliness' to express the pain of being alone. And it has created the word 'solitude' to express… — Paul Tillich Copy Share Image
One way leads to acquisition, the other leads to nirvana. Realising this a monk should take no pleasure in the respect of… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
My music is very personal. I've created it in solitude. I face a white wall and beller. I like that sound -… — Dwight Yoakam Copy Share Image
Oh, river! darkling river! what a voice Is that thou utterest while all else is still-- The ancient voice that, centuries ago,… — William C. Bryant Copy Share Image
“I was alone in that room. Of course, there were bodies all around, but they were all dead. They were dead when… — Jarod Kintz Copy Share Image
“Anyone can retire into a quiet place, wrote Evelyn Underhill, but it's the shutting of the door that makes the difference. Solitude… — Sue Monk Kidd Copy Share Image
“Sound crazy? It may well be, but it is precisely in relationships of intimacy that your craziness (and mine) will be hardest… — Stephanie Dowrick Copy Share Image
I find it wholesome to be alone the greater part of the time. To be in company, even with the best, is… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
“Solitude is an unmarked place beyond the borders of the map, a place where most fear to tread. It’s no surprise, then,… — Cristen Rodgers Copy Share Image
Most people have never known solitude… But there are a few of the other kind who can go back to their rooms… — Louis Aragon Copy Share Image
We live in a very tense society. We are pulled apart... and we all need to learn how to pull ourselves together…… — Helen Hayes Copy Share Image
Get yourself to a vantage point of seclusion and view the world with your eyes alone. Think of the infinite spaces of… — Charles E. Burchfield Copy Share Image
Solitude is good in the evening. Dublin is a quiet city when you get to a certain age, when your friends settle… — Colm Toibin Copy Share Image
Retirement revives the sorrow of parting, the feeling of abandonment, solitude and uselessness that is caused by the loss of some beloved… — Simone de Beauvoir Copy Share Image
The doctors are all agreed that I am suffering for want of society. Was never a case like it. First, I did… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
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