Contemporary-gothic Quote by Jake Vander-Ark

“She revered solitude, but only because there was the possibility of breaking it. Of communing at last with another.”

— Amanda Coplin

“...her patience was, perhaps, tired out; for this is a virtue which is very apt to be fatigued by exercise.”

— Henry Fielding

“She felt weak and utterly forlorn. She wished some help would come from outside. But in the whole world there was no help.”

— D.H. Lawrence

“She was beginning to realize people could survive most things. Not because thy were brave or strong, but because there wasn't any choice.”

— Candice Proctor

“She liked who she was becoming, despite the pain and frustration it brought.”

— B. Barmanbek

“This was the difference, she thought, between solitude and isolation. And now she knew something about herself she hadn’t known before. It was an…

— James S.A. Corey

“Alone. She realized how much she had missed the luxury of solitude, and knew that its occasional comfort would always be essential to her.…

— Rosamunde Pilcher

“...She had little patience with people who got intellectually lazy when faced with a difficult concept.”

— Beth Fantaskey

“Since then, she had wondered if it were strength or a sort of madness that let her pretend she was normal.”

— Robin Hobb

“I was beginning to understand why my mother preferred solitude during the times that burdened her heart.”

— Sue Lynn Tan

“Perhaps this was what it was to grow up: this realization that the world was already staffed with people and that one was not…

— Chris Cleave

“She didn’t want to try to explain that she was always disoriented, that she never, ever felt truly comfortable, even in her own home.…

— Ameera Al Hakawati