Hermit Quotes

60 quotes by 59 authors

I took four years off after 'In the Cut' because I wanted to see who I'd be without work. I even tried being a hermit… — Jane Campion
If a hermit lives in a state of ecstasy, his lack of comfort becomes the height of comfort. He must relinquish it. — Jean Cocteau
And from the phlox and mignonette Rich attars drift on every hand; And when star-vestured twilight comes The pale moths weave a saraband. And crickets… — Clinton Scollard
HERMIT, n. A person whose vices and follies are not sociable. — Ambrose Bierce
I don't know what impression you might have of the way I live. I live in a quiet place. I do not live as a… — Daniel Day-Lewis
Turn, gentle Hermit of the Dale, And guide my lonely way To where yon taper cheers the vale With hospitable ray. — Oliver Goldsmith
Wisdom can see the red, the rose, the stained and sculptured curve of grey, the charcoal scars of fire, and see around that living tower… — Judith Wright
I sort of ended up in Los Angeles by accident. And it was sort of terrible to be jostled into this position of a fame-hungry… — Kate Beckinsale
As a boy I was a hermit crab, but I soon came out of my shell. Now I am a pincer crab, and soon I… — Thom Yorke
When the devil grows old he turns hermit. — Ludovico Ariosto
You cannot succeed by yourself. It's hard to find a rich hermit. — Jim Rohn
Evolution did not intend trees to grow singly. Far more than ourselves they are social creatures, and no more natural as isolated specimens than man… — John Fowles
The only way to avoid all frightening choices is to leave society and become a hermit, and that is a frightening choice. — Richard Bach
Brian Myers takes a fresh approach. He largely ignores what the regime tells the outside world about itself, but concentrates instead on what North Koreans… — Andrei Lankov
The mind is not a hermit's cell, but a place of hospitality and intercourse. — Charles Horton Cooley
Nowadays, people are so jeezled up. If they took some chamomile tea and spent more time rocking on the porch in the evening listening to… — Tasha Tudor
Loneliness is necessary for pure poetry. When someone intrudes into the poet's life (and any sudden personal contact, whether in the bed or in the… — Jack Spicer
Every walk is a sort of crusade, preached by some Peter the Hermit in us. — Henry David Thoreau
Please don't make me sound like a crazy hermit, but I don't like crowds or noise. — Steve Burns
I've always been kind of a hermit. — Hayden Christensen

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