--- title: "19 Solitude Loneliness Quotes by 15 authors" description: "Browse 19 Solitude Loneliness quotes by 15 authors. Discover the best Solitude Loneliness sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fdb/maggie-smith-8377_difference_theres-a-difference-between-solitude-and_2930646.jpg" --- > [Theres a difference between solitude and loneliness](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maggie-smith/theres-a-difference-between-solitude-and-loneliness/) [Maggie Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maggie-smith/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fdb/maggie-smith-8377_difference_theres-a-difference-between-solitude-and_2930646.jpg) > [There's a difference between solitude and loneliness.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maggie-smith/there-s-a-difference-between-solitude-and-loneliness/) [Maggie Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maggie-smith/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/285/maggie-smith-8377_between_there-s-a-difference-between-solitude-an_201979.jpg) > [Jamie enjoyed solitude, but loneliness was a constant ache.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sidney-sheldon/jamie-enjoyed-solitude-but-loneliness-was-a-constant-ache/) [Sidney Sheldon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sidney-sheldon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/781/sidney-sheldon-7520_ache_jamie-enjoyed-solitude-but-loneliness-wa_57299.jpg) > [“I love this constant motion between ' Solitude' and ' Loneliness '. On one end it's the desire and achievement of being…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anubhav-mishra/i-love-this-constant-motion-between-solitude-and-loneliness-on-one/) [Anubhav Mishra](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anubhav-mishra/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/442/anubhav-mishra-85914_desire_i-love-this-constant-motion-between-soli_1961340.jpg) > [See, the thing is, as a writer you are free. You are about the freest person that ever was. Your freedom is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ursula-k-le-guin/see-the-thing-is-as-a-writer-you-are-free-you-are-about-the-freest/) [Ursula K. Le Guin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ursula-k-le-guin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2ee/ursula-k-le-guin-138_freedom_see-the-thing-is-as-a-writer-you-are-fre_3194290.jpg) > [“Solitude and loneliness are two separate things. One you choose out of wisdom, the other out of necessity.” -Mark Miller”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-miller/solitude-and-loneliness-are-two-separate-things-one-you-choose-out-of/) [Mark Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-miller/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/95d/mark-miller-44638_loneliness_solitude-and-loneliness-are-two-separate_2796247.jpg) > [Solitude is not the same as loneliness. Solitude is a solitary boat floating in a sea of possible companions.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-fulghum/solitude-is-not-the-same-as-loneliness-solitude-is-a-solitary-boat/) [Robert Fulghum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-fulghum/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/667/robert-fulghum-1807_boat_solitude-is-not-the-same-as-loneliness-s_908636.png) > [There's a difference between solitude and loneliness. I can understand the concept of being a monk for a while.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-hanks/there-s-a-difference-between-solitude-and-loneliness-i-can-understand/) [Tom Hanks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-hanks/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4bf/tom-hanks-1717_i-can_there-s-a-difference-between-solitude-an_1312546.jpg) > [I have been trying, for some time now, to find dignity in my loneliness. I have been finding this hard to do.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maggie-nelson/i-have-been-trying-for-some-time-now-to-find-dignity-in-my-loneliness/) [Maggie Nelson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maggie-nelson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/85c/maggie-nelson-4294_courses_i-have-been-trying-for-some-time-now-to_2370888.jpg) > [“Be silent in that solitude    Which is not loneliness - for then The spirits of the dead who stood    In…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edgar-allan-poe/be-silent-in-that-solitude-which-is-not-loneliness-for-then-the/) [Edgar Allan Poe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edgar-allan-poe/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bd2/edgar-allan-poe-315_death_be-silent-in-that-solitude-which-is-not_2411851.jpg) > [Loneliness is different than isolation and solitude. Loneliness is a subjective feeling where the connections we need are greater than the connections…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vivek-murthy/loneliness-is-different-than-isolation-and-solitude-loneliness-is-a/) [Vivek Murthy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vivek-murthy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4bc/vivek-murthy-4508_experience_loneliness-is-different-than-isolation-a_1775035.jpg) > [Loneliness comes in two basic varieties. When it results from a desire for solitude, loneliness is a door we close against the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dean-koontz/loneliness-comes-in-two-basic-varieties-when-it-results-from-a-desire/) [Dean Koontz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dean-koontz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ba6/dean-koontz-118_desire_loneliness-comes-in-two-basic-varieties_987909.jpg) > [“Sometimes he felt his loneliness. But these moments of solitude and loneliness gave meaning to his existence. He would keep drifting from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/avijeet-das/sometimes-he-felt-his-loneliness-but-these-moments-of-solitude-and/) [Avijeet Das](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/avijeet-das/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3e7/avijeet-das-802_drifting_sometimes-he-felt-his-loneliness-but-the_1369697.jpg) > [It is easier, of course, to find dignity in one's solitude. Loneliness is solitude with a problem. Can blue solve the problem,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maggie-nelson/it-is-easier-of-course-to-find-dignity-in-one-s-solitude-loneliness/) [Maggie Nelson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maggie-nelson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/019/maggie-nelson-4294_arms_it-is-easier-of-course-to-find-dignity-i_78171.jpg) > [Poetry is, above all, a singing art of natural and magical connection because, though it is born out of one's person's solitude,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brendan-kennelly/poetry-is-above-all-a-singing-art-of-natural-and-magical-connection/) [Brendan Kennelly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brendan-kennelly/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7e1/brendan-kennelly-50340_ability_poetry-is-above-all-a-singing-art-of-nat_524261.png) > [Thy soul shall find itself alone ’Mid dark thoughts of the gray tombstone— Not one, of all the crowd, to pry Into…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edgar-allan-poe/thy-soul-shall-find-itself-alone-mid-dark-thoughts-of-the-gray/) [Edgar Allan Poe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edgar-allan-poe/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1e4/edgar-allan-poe-315_crowds_thy-soul-shall-find-itself-alone-mid-dar_2458996.jpg) > [“I had no problem spending Monday through Friday alone, Saturdays were neutral, but each Sunday had to be reckoned with. There's solitude…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chloe-aridjis/i-had-no-problem-spending-monday-through-friday-alone-saturdays-were/) [Chloe Aridjis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chloe-aridjis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f49/chloe-aridjis-58886_friday_i-had-no-problem-spending-monday-through_1376565.jpg) > [“I have been trying, for some time now, to find dignity in my loneliness. I have been finding this hard to do.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maggie-nelson/i-have-been-trying-for-some-time-now-to-find-dignity-in-my-loneliness-2/) [Maggie Nelson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maggie-nelson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/337/maggie-nelson-4294_loneliness_i-have-been-trying-for-some-time-now-to_2726213.jpg) > [“Some people search out solitude without even thinking that they need to do so--it's an innate urge with them, something that they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-walsh/some-people-search-out-solitude-without-even-thinking-that-they-need/) [Tom Walsh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-walsh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f08/tom-walsh-21995_alone_some-people-search-out-solitude-without_1418797.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/solitude-loneliness/#itemlist", "name": "Solitude Loneliness Quotes", "numberOfItems": 19, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Theres a difference between solitude and loneliness", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Maggie Smith" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maggie-smith/theres-a-difference-between-solitude-and-loneliness/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fdb/maggie-smith-8377_difference_theres-a-difference-between-solitude-and_2930646.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fdb/maggie-smith-8377_difference_theres-a-difference-between-solitude-and_2930646.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fdb/maggie-smith-8377_difference_theres-a-difference-between-solitude-and_2930646.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Theres a difference between solitude and loneliness” — Maggie Smith", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "There's a difference between solitude and loneliness.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Maggie Smith" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maggie-smith/there-s-a-difference-between-solitude-and-loneliness/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/285/maggie-smith-8377_between_there-s-a-difference-between-solitude-an_201979.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/285/maggie-smith-8377_between_there-s-a-difference-between-solitude-an_201979.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/285/maggie-smith-8377_between_there-s-a-difference-between-solitude-an_201979.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“There's a difference between solitude and loneliness.” — Maggie Smith", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Jamie enjoyed solitude, but loneliness was a constant ache.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Sidney Sheldon" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sidney-sheldon/jamie-enjoyed-solitude-but-loneliness-was-a-constant-ache/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/781/sidney-sheldon-7520_ache_jamie-enjoyed-solitude-but-loneliness-wa_57299.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/781/sidney-sheldon-7520_ache_jamie-enjoyed-solitude-but-loneliness-wa_57299.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/781/sidney-sheldon-7520_ache_jamie-enjoyed-solitude-but-loneliness-wa_57299.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Jamie enjoyed solitude, but loneliness was a constant ache.” — Sidney Sheldon", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“I love this constant motion between ' Solitude' and ' Loneliness '. 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When the world instead rejects us, loneliness is an open door, unused.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Dean Koontz" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dean-koontz/loneliness-comes-in-two-basic-varieties-when-it-results-from-a-desire/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ba6/dean-koontz-118_desire_loneliness-comes-in-two-basic-varieties_987909.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ba6/dean-koontz-118_desire_loneliness-comes-in-two-basic-varieties_987909.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ba6/dean-koontz-118_desire_loneliness-comes-in-two-basic-varieties_987909.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Loneliness comes in two basic varieties. 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Be silent in that solitude, Which is not loneliness—for then The spirits of the dead who stood In life before thee are again In death around thee—and their will Shall overshadow thee: be still. 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