--- title: "1 Value Solitude Quotes By Ruskin Bond" description: "1 Value Solitude quotes by Ruskin Bond. Plus more from Ruskin Bond and more Value Solitude sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/266/ruskin-bond-1864_agnostic_when-you-are-old-and-grey-and-full-of-sl_1919055.jpg" --- > [“When you are old and grey and full of sleep’, it is good to have someone to lean on from time to time, and in that respect this agnostic has been blessed by the gods. I still value my solitude,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ruskin-bond/when-you-are-old-and-grey-and-full-of-sleep-it-is-good-to-have/) [Ruskin Bond](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ruskin-bond/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/266/ruskin-bond-1864_agnostic_when-you-are-old-and-grey-and-full-of-sl_1919055.jpg) ## More by Ruskin Bond > ['live long my friend,be wise and strong, but do not take from any man his song'](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ruskin-bond/live-long-my-friend-be-wise-and-strong-but-do-not-take-from-any-man/) [Ruskin Bond](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ruskin-bond/) > [Unhappy and unsettled childhood helps in writing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ruskin-bond/unhappy-and-unsettled-childhood-helps-in-writing/) [Ruskin Bond](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ruskin-bond/) > [“As Grandfather used to say, 'In a crowd, everyone plays follow-the leader, even when they don't know who's leading.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ruskin-bond/as-grandfather-used-to-say-in-a-crowd-everyone-plays-follow-the/) [Ruskin Bond](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ruskin-bond/) > [I don't travel so much now, I get tired](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ruskin-bond/i-don-t-travel-so-much-now-i-get-tired/) [Ruskin Bond](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ruskin-bond/) > [I was a bookworm in school, and in those days it was easy to get books. Bigger cities had book shops.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ruskin-bond/i-was-a-bookworm-in-school-and-in-those-days-it-was-easy-to-get-books/) [Ruskin Bond](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ruskin-bond/) > [I won't usually just sit down to write. I'd have done it in my head already. I visualise a story just like a film…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ruskin-bond/i-won-t-usually-just-sit-down-to-write-i-d-have-done-it-in-my-head/) [Ruskin Bond](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ruskin-bond/) > [There was Uncle Ken of mine about whom I wrote a lot of stories. I can always write stories about uncles and aunts and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ruskin-bond/there-was-uncle-ken-of-mine-about-whom-i-wrote-a-lot-of-stories-i-can/) [Ruskin Bond](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ruskin-bond/) > [“All of us need just one good accomplishment in order to get by. Obviously he can't spend the rest of his life climbing trees,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ruskin-bond/all-of-us-need-just-one-good-accomplishment-in-order-to-get-by/) [Ruskin Bond](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ruskin-bond/) > [I get inspiration from a lot of things around me - nature, hills, people, and even insects.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ruskin-bond/i-get-inspiration-from-a-lot-of-things-around-me-nature-hills-people/) [Ruskin Bond](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ruskin-bond/) > [I fortunately have a good memor, and that helps a lot in the way I write.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ruskin-bond/i-fortunately-have-a-good-memor-and-that-helps-a-lot-in-the-way-i/) [Ruskin Bond](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ruskin-bond/) > [“Nandprayag is a place that ought to be famous for its beauty and order. For a mile or two before reaching it we had…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ruskin-bond/nandprayag-is-a-place-that-ought-to-be-famous-for-its-beauty-and/) [Ruskin Bond](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ruskin-bond/) > [I had a bad habit of falling in love with any girl who was nice to me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ruskin-bond/i-had-a-bad-habit-of-falling-in-love-with-any-girl-who-was-nice-to-me/) [Ruskin Bond](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ruskin-bond/) > [I did all kind of jobs to sustain myself. I worked at a grocery store, in the public health department, and what was then…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ruskin-bond/i-did-all-kind-of-jobs-to-sustain-myself-i-worked-at-a-grocery-store/) [Ruskin Bond](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ruskin-bond/) > [But the trees seemed to know me. They whispered among themselves and beckoned me nearer. And looking around, I noticed the other small trees…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ruskin-bond/but-the-trees-seemed-to-know-me-they-whispered-among-themselves-and/) [Ruskin Bond](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ruskin-bond/) > [“A good monk would know that contentment is easier to attain than happiness, and that it is enough.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ruskin-bond/a-good-monk-would-know-that-contentment-is-easier-to-attain-than/) [Ruskin Bond](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ruskin-bond/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/value-solitude/ruskin-bond/#itemlist", "name": "1 Value Solitude Quotes By Ruskin Bond", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“When you are old and grey and full of sleep’, it is good to have someone to lean on from time to time, and in that respect this agnostic has been blessed by the gods. 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