Solitude Quotes · Page 80

One always abandons something in retreat. Look at Napoleon at the Beresina! He abandoned his whole army.

— George Orwell

Loneliness is not lack of company, loneliness is lack of purpose.

— Guillermo Maldonado

Writing calls on unused muscles and involves solitude and immobility.

— Dorothea Brande

“How would you know if you were the last man on Earth? He said. I don't guess you would know it. You'd…

— Cormac McCarthy

Sometimes loneliness is a great medicine to our wounds in the mind.

— Anonymous

“Loneliness can either kill you or teach you depending on you being either a fighter or a survivor”

— Vignesh S

“Loneliness is the world of self-discovery where undiscovered you buds.”

— Akshmala Sharma

Sometimes it is better to be alone because it gives you some time to be who you are.

— Anonymous

My public life is before you; and I know you will believe me when I say, that when I sit down in…

— Joseph Howe

Our language has wisely sensed the two sides of being alone. It has created the word loneliness to express the pain of…

— Paul Tillich

I would paint a portrait which would bring the tears, had I canvas for it, and the scene should be -- solitude,…

— Emily Dickinson

Only in intimate communion with solitude may man find himself. Solitude is good company and my architecture is not for those who…

— Luis Barragan

Solitude is a human presumption. Every quiet step is thunder to beetle life underfoot, a tug of impalpable thread on the web…

— Barbara Kingsolver

If there is one person on the planet who still is suffering from loneliness and from pain or despair, and we don't…

— Elie Wiesel

“Retreat" "I can't explain why I did these things, except to say that I carry a little imp inside me whose ambrosia…

— Wells Tower

Loneliness is black coffee and late-night television; solitude is herb tea and soft music. Solitude, quality solitude, is an assertion of self-worth,…

— Pearl Cleage

“On one side, across the channel, stretched the silvery sand shore of the bar; on the other extended a long, curving beach…

— L.M. Montgomery

“I ran toward the solitude of the dressing room. Of course, the full length mirror would have it's own disappointments, but I…

— Lisa Burstein

“Life is a solitary confinement , Every second is a punishment - of a crime , that was never committed , Or…

— BinYamin Gulzar

But the beginning of things, of a world especially, is necessarily vague, chaotic, and exceedingly disturbing. How few of us ever emerge…

— Kate Chopin

Solitude delighteth well to feed on many thoughts; There as thou sittest peaceful, communing with fancy, The precious poetry of life shall…

— Martin Farquhar Tupper

“And it was during this period that Madeleine fully understood how the lover's discourse was of an extreme solitude. The solitude was…

— Jeffrey Eugenides

There is an old proverb to the effect that 'all those who open their mouths, close their eyes!' The purpose of silence…

— Richard J. Foster

“We habitually compare ourselves to others to a debilitating degree, believing our successes can only be captured by how much we've outpaced…

— Stacey May Fowles

The mind can weave itself warmly in the cocoon of its own thoughts, and dwell a hermit anywhere.

— James Russell Lowell

Solitude scares me. It makes me think about love, death, and war. I need distraction from anxious, black thoughts.

— Brigitte Bardot

“There is no solitude greater than the samurai's, unless perhaps it be that of a tiger in the jungle.”

— Jean-Pierre Melville

There is nothing worse than solitude. Solitude can help a man realize himself; but it destroys a woman

— Coco Chanel

The only difference between missing someone and loneliness is the words themselves.

— Madeline Lucci

I love the solitude of the mountains. I write, take pictures and get inspired by the colors of nature.

— Deepti Naval

Everything is freedom and everything is loneliness. Make your choice and let the rest fall away.

— Ariel Gore

Finding solitude in the concrete jungle is powerful and peaceful.

— Michael Dolan

There is a solitude in poverty, but a solitude which restores to each thing its value.

— Albert Camus

Solitude is different from loneliness, and it doesn't have to be a lonely kind of thing.

— Fred Rogers

Solitude is painful when one is young, but delightful when one is more mature.

— Albert Einstein

“Dot is lonely. Are you surprised? It's hard to find friends when you're only Dot-sized.”

— Patricia Marx

Where have you gone, Joe DiMaggio? A nation turns its lonely eyes to you.

— Paul Simon

Where have you gone Joe DiMaggio? A nation turns it's lonely eyes to you.

— Simon And Garfunkel

“The only human absolute is loneliness; everything else emanates from it." Ben Mijuskovic”

— Ben Mijuskovic

I have learnt to enjoy my own company because I have lived alone many years.

— Winnie Byanyima