Community Quote by Gary Chapman

Something in our nature cries out to be loved by another. Isolation is devastating to the human psyche. That is why solitary confinement is…

— Gary Chapman

People aren't wired to be alone. Even in the stressful population of prison, solitary confinement is still considered a cruel punishment.

— Richard Paul Evans

The world is a prison in which solitary confinement is preferable.

— Karl Kraus

“But many of us seek community solely to escape the fear of being alone. Knowing how to be solitary is central to the art…

— Bell Hooks

Knowing how to be solitary is central to the art of loving. When we can be alone, we can be with others without using…

— Bell Hooks

Knowing how to be solitary is central to the art of loving. When we can be alone, we can be with others without using…

— bell hooks

It is not easy to be solitary unless you are also born ruthless. Every solitary repudiates someone.

— Jessamyn West

It’s important that someone celebrate our existence," she objected amiably. "People are the only mirror we have to see ourselves in. The domain of…

— Lois McMaster Bujold

If you ever meet someone who cannot understand why solitary confinement is considered punishment, you have met a misanthrope.

— Florence King

“One’s efforts to escape isolation can sabotage one’s relationships with other people. Many a friendship or marriage has failed because, instead of relating to,…

— Irvin D. Yalom

“In the late twentieth century we consider solitude our natural condition. Mates divorce, and even friendship is diagnosed as a disorder - co-dependency. So…

— Penn Jillette

“Everyone in prison has an ideal of violence, murder. Beneath all relationships between prisoners is the ever-present fact of murder. It ultimately defines our…

— Jack Henry Abbott