In the circle of light on the state in the midst of darkness, you have the sensation of being entirely alone... This… — Constantin Stanislavski Copy Share Image
“We live together, we act on, and react to, one another; but always and in all circumstances we are by ourselves. The… — Aldous Huxley Copy Share Image
“It never ceased to amaze me, until suddenly one day I felt beautiful and holy for having had the courage to hold… — Bohumil Hrabal Copy Share Image
Among the numerous requisites that must concur to complete an author, few are of more importance than an early entrance into the… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
I write in order to find out what I truly know and how I really feel about certain things. Writing requires me… — Leslie Marmon Silko Copy Share Image
“Now the voices and the sound of movement were gone, and the stream could be heard running quietly under its banks. The… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Thinking, existentially speaking, is a solitary but not a lonely business; solitude is that human situation in which I keep myself company.… — Hannah Arendt Copy Share Image
“For here, inside the crypt, was where he truly lived. Which is to say, for well over twenty hours a day in… — Patrick Süskind Copy Share Image
“Striding, finally, into the solitude. You feel as if part of your body has been ripped from you, as if flesh has… — Nikki Gemmell Copy Share Image
Marriage I think For women Is the best of opiates. It kills the thoughts That think about the thoughts, It is the… — Stevie Smith Copy Share Image
“The owner as he crosses the board floor, moving between shelves, past stacked crates and burlap sacks bulging with sugar and flour.… — Blake Crouch Copy Share Image
“The first leg of Moses' journey as a leader, then, was not to lead anyone else anywhere; it was to allow himself… — Ruth Haley Barton Copy Share Image
Poetry is, above all, a singing art of natural and magical connection because, though it is born out of one's person's solitude,… — Brendan Kennelly Copy Share Image
We in the "developed" world seem to have many auditory strategies that insulate us from the presence of silence, simplicity, and solitude.… — Joan Halifax Copy Share Image
“Contrary to the current presumption, if there is any man who has no right to solitude, it is the artist. Art cannot… — Albert Camus Copy Share Image
“Have (with the help of convention) found the solution of everything in ease and the easiest side of ease; but it is… — Rainer Maria Rilke Copy Share Image
A large, still book is a piece of quietness, succulent and nourishing in a noisy world, which I approach and imbibe with… — Holbrook Jackson Copy Share Image
Prayer is a gift from Almighty God that transforms us, whether we bow our heads in solitude, or offer swift and silent… — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
“I do not want to wander about any more. I am pining for a corner in which to nestle down snugly, away… — Rabindranath Tagore Copy Share Image
“Loneliness is like a set of binoculars that’s trained on the social world. This has actually been proven. Psychologists have long theorized… — Emily White Copy Share Image
It's the loneliest feeling in the world - to find yourself standing up when everyone else is sitting down. To have everybody… — Robert E. Lee Copy Share Image
Terrified of being alone, yet afraid of intimacy, we experience widespread feelings of emptiness, of disconnection, of the unreality of self. And… — Sherry Turkle Copy Share Image
“we fear solitude. We mistake it for loneliness and attempt to fill the emptiness, the silence with activity and noise and people.… — Iyanla Vanzant Copy Share Image
The mark of solitude is silence, as speech is the mark of community. Silence and speech have the same inner correspondence and… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
“Solitude removes us from the mindless humdrum of everyday life into a higher consciousness which reconnects us with ourselves and our deepest… — Neel Burton 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
Illustrious confessors of Jesus Christ, a Christian finds in prison the same joys as the prophets tasted in the desert. Call it… — Tertullian Copy Share Image
“I’m broken. We’re all broken and right now we’re all isolated within that brokenness. The cure for the loneliness is connection—connection with… — L.M. Browning Copy Share Image
“In any love-story there are usually two stages or phases. There is the initial stage, where love is expressed by the giving… — Raniero Cantalamessa Copy Share Image
“By solitude the soul escapes from doing or suffering magic; it escapes from dullness, from boredom, by being aware. Nothing is boring… — Ursula K. Le Guin Copy Share Image
“Being alone is a choice, Gabby. You can either invest in people's lives-and I'm talking quality not quantity-or you can seclude yourself… — Christy Barritt Copy Share Image
“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
“Solitary writers come out of nowhere and do not belong anywhere. They are not domesticated or socialized, not as writers. Their subject… — Thomas Ligotti Copy Share Image
In silence, we have an opportunity to reflect, listen, and gain new insights about ourselves. In silence, we can think, feel, and… — Iyanla Vanzant Copy Share Image
I like solitude. It is when you truly hear and speak your natural, unadulterated mind, and out comes your most stupid self… — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
There comes a moment during which almost every girl or boy falls into melancholy; they are tormented by a vague inquietude which… — Denis Diderot Copy Share Image
“After chopping off all the arms that reached out to me; after boarding up all the windows and doors; after filling all… — Octavio Paz Copy Share Image
“It was one of Emily's earliest pleasures to ramble among the scenes of nature; nor was it in the soft and glowing… — Eliza Parsons Copy Share Image
It's not 'natural' to speak well, eloquently, in an interesting, articulate way. People living in groups, families, communes say little - have… — Susan Sontag Copy Share Image
You can do beautiful things with your friends; you can do beautiful things when you are all alone! In togetherness, listen to… — Mehmet Murat Ildan Copy Share Image
