Made Quote by David James Duncan

I was a man who thrived on solitude; without it I was like another man without food or water. Each day without solitude weakened…

— Charles Bukowski

It was solitude, but it was solitude that wasn't lonely. Solitude that could sort things out. And he hadn't had that in ages.

— Patrick Ness

Solitude is independence. It had been my wish and with the years I had attained it. It was cold. Oh, cold enough! But it…

— Hermann Hesse

Solitude is my element, and the reason is that extreme awareness of other people... precludes awareness of one's self so that after a while…

— May Sarton

Solitude is the salt of personhood. It brings out the authentic flavor of every experience.

— May Sarton

Solitude is essentially the discovery and acceptance of our uniqueness.

— Anonymous

Solitude has its own very strange beauty to it.

— Liv Tyler

There is no doubt that solitude is a challenge and to maintain balance within it a precarious business. But I must not forget that,…

— May Sarton

I took no pride in my solitude; but I was dependent on it. The darkness of the room was like sunlight to me.

— Charles Bukowski

Solitude is a courageous encounter with our naked, most raw and real self, in the presence of pure love.

— Richard Rohr

Solitude is nothing that one can choose or retrain from. We are solitary. We can delude ourselves about this and act as if it…

— Rainer Maria Rilke

“Solitude increased my perception. But here’s the tricky thing: when I applied my increased perception to myself, I lost my identity. There was no…

— Michael Finkel