“There is lonely, and there is alone time. I have found that both have etched character upon my soul.” — Alfa Copy Share Image
“I just wanted to go to...some quiet place. To forget. To be someone else.” — Kelsey Sutton Copy Share Image
As weird as it might seem to some people, there is nothing I love more than an empty house and the sound… — Sally Brampton Copy Share Image
Loneliness is always there, it's a phase that comes and goes and it is a very difficult phase. — Neena Gupta Copy Share Image
Shyness is a condition foreign to the heart - a category, a dimension which leads to loneliness. — Pablo Neruda Copy Share Image
In solitude, you accumulate energy to spend in crowds; and in crowds, you accumulate energy to spend in solitude! — Mehmet Murat Ildan Copy Share Image
Lonely. I always thought loneliness meant alone, without people. It means something else. — Lillian Hellman Copy Share Image
“[Slipped beneath the minnow Pea front door] Nollopton Monty No-way 6 Insane woman named Ella: Retreat is what we want. Go away.… — Mark Dunn Copy Share Image
If you want to do creative work, there are tremendous sacrifices involved, and tremendous financial sacrifices too. It requires dedication and solitude. — Joyce Johnson Copy Share Image
A period recourse into the wilds is not a retreat into secret silent sanctums to escape a wicked world, it is to… — Benton MacKaye Copy Share Image
“Long have I dwelt forgotten here In pining woe and dull despair; This place of solitude and gloom Must be my dungeon… — Anne Brontë Copy Share Image
Human beings can reach such desperate solitude that they may cross a boundary beyond which words cannot serve, and at such moments… — Anais Nin Copy Share Image
Solitude is indeed dangerous for a working intelligence. We need to have around us people who think and speak. When we are… — Guy de Maupassant Copy Share Image
“I am vehemently grateful that, by whatever means, I learned to assume that loneliness should be in part pleasure, sensitizing and clarifying,… — Marilynne Robinson Copy Share Image
“The paradigm experience of solitude is a state characterized by disengagement from the immediate demands of other people – a state of… — Bella DePaulo Copy Share Image
Some people prefer solitude. They say their peace of mind depends on this. Others say they would be better off in church.… — Meister Eckhart Copy Share Image
“At the foundation of the Christian life, there is a kind of sacred individuality, a sort of holy aloneness that cries out… — Michael Spencer Copy Share Image
“Can you be alone without being lonely? Can you spend time by yourself without craving noise or company of other people? Have… — Steve Goodier Copy Share Image
“Ironically, the only way to see clearly is to stand at a distance. You might be focused, but that doesn't mean you… — Shannon L. Alder Copy Share Image
“Think of my Pleasure in Solitude, in comparison of my commerce with the world - there I am a child - there… — John Keats Copy Share Image
For one who is indifferent, life itself is a prison. Any sense of community is external or, even worse, nonexistent. Thus, indifference… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
My own study of the networked life has left me thinking about intimacy - about being with people in person, hearing their… — Sherry Turkle Copy Share Image
“Stranger, think long before you enter, For these corridors amuse not passing travellers. But if you enter, keep your voice to yourself.… — G.A. Kulkarni Copy Share Image