Convent Quote by Henry James

Convent - a place of retirement for women who wish for leisure to meditate upon the sin of idleness.

— Ambrose Bierce

“I performed the part of an odd, quiet woman, and performed it to everyone's satisfaction. When others slept, I was awake; when they woke,…

— Margaret Cezair-Thompson

“With that solitude came the greatest luxuries: the time to read, the opportunity to wander, and the chance to think new thoughts.”

— Alice Kaplan

“Your place does keep you sane, but can also keep you lonely.”

— David Mitchell

“The sorrowful spirit finds relaxation in solitude.”

— Kahlil Gibran

“the romance of solitude and small places, the blurring of identity.”

— Spencer Gordon

“True solitude is the home of the person, false solitude the refuge of the individualist.”

— Thomas Merton

“Solitude became, for me, an interesting mosaic of broken pieces, a place where the neglected parts of myself get collected—for better and for worse,…

— Laurie A. Helgoe

“there is only one solitude, and it is great and is not easy to bear, and to almost everyone there come hours when they…

— Rainer Maria Rilke

“The cynicism of utter solitude is a calvary relieved by insolence.”

— Emil M. Cioran

“Unerring solitude forces a person to confront their morality and aloneness. Solitude makes personal confession possible.”

— Kilroy J. Oldster

The best convent for a woman is the seclusion of her own home. There she may find her vocation and fight her battles, and…

— Elizabeth Prentiss