Center of the universe Quote by Flora Rheta Schreiber

Whenever she thought she could not feel more alone, the universe peeled back another layer of darkness.

— Janet Fitch

“She felt loose and free and light in a universe without purpose.”

— Philip Pullman

She wanted to be alone - to think things out - to adjust herself, if it were possible, to the new world in which…

— Anonymous

She was afraid of these things that made her suddenly wonder who she was, and what she was going to be in the world,…

— Carson McCullers

“Her upbringing had given her an independence of mind that made her more like a girl of today than one of her own time…

— Philip Pullman

“wondered why she chose her isolated”

— Louise Penny

Her writing was her only escape, her only means of survival. It was a respite from a cruel world, despite seemingly comfortable surroundings.

— Danielle Steel

She had been a solitary child, and then solitary as a woman, drawn into an orbit of her own that took her away from…

— Guy Gavriel Kay

But having more freedom she only became more profoundly aware of the big want. She wanted so many things. She wanted to read great,…

— Anonymous

This was freedom; to feel what the heart desired with no thought to the opinion of the rest... She was free, for love liberates.

— Paulo Coelho

“But when, from the midst of the printed page, there suddenly sprang out at her these words: 'Here I stand; I can no other,'…

— Anna Kavan

Little as she was addicted to solitude, there had come to be moments when it seemed a welcome escape from the empty noises of…

— Edith Wharton