Quote by Lucia Berlin

“Solitude is the profoundest fact of the human condition.”

— Octavio Paz

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

— Emil M. Cioran

“if we don’t have experience with solitude—and this is often the case today—we start to equate loneliness and solitude.”

— Sherry Turkle

“Solitude is a wonderful thing in two ways. First, it allows a man to be with himself, and second, it prevents him being with…

— Paul Hoffman

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

— Kilroy J. Oldster

“solitude was in its own way a balm for loneliness.”

— Diana Gabaldon

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

— Thomas Merton

“In solitude we discover that community is not a common ideology, but a response to a common call.”

— Henri J.M. Nouwen

“Solitude is a time when you go into a determined period of making the best of your time.”

— Sunday Adelaja

“Solitude must be accepted with all its difficulties.”

— Albert Camus

“Solitude is not lack.”

— Laurie Helgoe

“Solitude is an unmarked place beyond the borders of the map, a place where most fear to tread. It’s no surprise, then, that this…

— Cristen Rodgers