Effort Quote by Louise Erdrich

I didn't choose solitude.

— Klaus Kinski

There is nothing worse than solitude. Solitude can help a man realize himself; but it destroys a woman

— Coco Chanel

Solitude is nothing that one can choose or retrain from. We are solitary. We can delude ourselves about this and act as if it…

— Rainer Maria Rilke

I long for solitude and yet I cannot stand it.

— Eugene Ionesco

There is no doubt that solitude is a challenge and to maintain balance within it a precarious business. But I must not forget that,…

— May Sarton

Solitude is the strength of being alone. It's where we become our best company.

— Jay Shetty

Although I am a gregarious person, I love solitude even more.

— Nelson Mandela

For myself, solitude is rather like a folded-up forest that I carry with me everywhere and unfurl around myself when I have need.

— Clarissa Pinkola Estes

And so I learned what solitude really was. It was raw material - awesome, malleable,older than men or worlds or water. And it was…

— David James Duncan

I hate solitude, but I'm afraid of intimacy. The substance of my life is a private conversation with myself which to turn into a…

— Iris Murdoch

I have not a desire but a need for solitude.

— Roland Barthes

If you would live innocently, seek solitude.

— Publilius Syrus