Communication Quote by Jane Austen

Her own thoughts and reflections were habitually her best companions.

— Jane Austen

She had certain thoughts which were like companions, ideas which were like older and wiser friends.

— Willa Cather

“The more she was absolutely in need of external friendship, the more disposed was she to reject it, and to declare to herself that…

— Anthony Trollope

This solitude opressed her; she was accustomed to have her thoughts confirmed by others or, at all events, contradicted; it was too dreadful not…

— Anonymous

It was not often that she was alone like this and she did not like it. When she was alone she had to think…

— Margaret Mitchell

Loneliness, she thought, was craving for other people's company. But she did not know that loneliness can be an unnoticed cramping of the spirit…

— Doris Lessing

“She did not want conversation or company, just the presence of other people; she hoped the background drone of their lives would fill the…

— Brian Herbert & Kevin J. Anderson

“He used to say that virtue could make herself devoted friends, but she did not take pupils:”

— Émile Souvestre

“She had no existence, in herself. From earliest childhood she had believed this. Rather she was a reflecting surface, reflecting others' perception of her,…

— Joyce Carol Oates

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

— Amanda Coplin

“What's more, she lacked the good sense to understand how our lives are enriched by the minor interactions that present themselves every day.”

— Miriam Karmel

She would not exchange her solitude for anything. Never again to be forced to move to the rhythms of others.

— Tillie Olsen