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title: "8 Solitude Good Quotes by 7 authors"
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> [Solitude is only a good idea if you have the right people along to share it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-mcdevitt/solitude-is-only-a-good-idea-if-you-have-the-right-people-along-to/)

[Jack McDevitt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-mcdevitt/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0a1/jack-mcdevitt-8429_good-idea_solitude-is-only-a-good-idea-if-you-have_244682.jpg)

> [Solitude is good in the evening. Dublin is a quiet city when you get to a certain age, when your friends settle…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colm-toibin/solitude-is-good-in-the-evening-dublin-is-a-quiet-city-when-you-get/)

[Colm Toibin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colm-toibin/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/07d/colm-toibin-3377_age_solitude-is-good-in-the-evening-dublin-i_378024.png)

> [Only in intimate communion with solitude may man find himself. Solitude is good company and my architecture is not for those who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/luis-barragan/only-in-intimate-communion-with-solitude-may-man-find-himself/)

[Luis Barragan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/luis-barragan/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cdd/luis-barragan-29268_architecture_only-in-intimate-communion-with-solitude_719963.png)

> [I had to learn - since I'm divorced now and everyone is like, 'Oh my God, you're single, what's going on?' -…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gabrielle-union/i-had-to-learn-since-i-m-divorced-now-and-everyone-is-like-oh-my-god/)

[Gabrielle Union](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gabrielle-union/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/370/gabrielle-union-7459_divorced_i-had-to-learn-since-i-m-divorced-now-an_1881596.png)

> [“She bade solitude good-bye. Good-bye to no schedule but whim; good-bye to her life among no things but her own and each…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/annie-dillard/she-bade-solitude-good-bye-good-bye-to-no-schedule-but-whim-good-bye/)

[Annie Dillard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/annie-dillard/)

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> [“Composing a letter is a way to combine solitude with good company.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lord-byron/composing-a-letter-is-a-way-to-combine-solitude-with-good-company/)

[Lord Byron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lord-byron/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/375/lord-byron-356_business_composing-a-letter-is-a-way-to-combine-s_2841818.jpg)

> [Letter writing is the only device combining solitude with good company.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lord-byron/letter-writing-is-the-only-device-combining-solitude-with-good-company/)

[Lord Byron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lord-byron/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2e8/lord-byron-356_business_letter-writing-is-the-only-device-combin_3079475.jpg)

> [I like solitude. I'm very good at being disconnected. I do a lot of disappearing. People who know me go, 'Oh yeah,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/deborah-mailman/i-like-solitude-i-m-very-good-at-being-disconnected-i-do-a-lot-of/)

[Deborah Mailman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/deborah-mailman/)

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