Courses Quote by Maggie Nelson

Loneliness is only an opportunity to cut adrift and find yourself. In solitude you are least alone.

— Bruce Lee

The numbing mind-ream of knowing you're alone not because people won't accept you but because you find so little worth accepting. An imposed solitude…

— Jhonen Vasquez

No human pursuit achieves dignity unless it can be called work, and when you can experience a physical loneliness for the tools of your…

— Beryl Markham

“Connections are difficult. There’s an irritation in being among people who’ve already found their connection, and finding that those left who haven’t are just…

— Jhonen Vásquez

Loneliness is solitude with a problem.

— Maggie Nelson

It is easier, of course, to find dignity in one's solitude. Loneliness is solitude with a problem. Can blue solve the problem, or can…

— Maggie Nelson

Yes, I do seek solitude, but I am never lonely.

— Ruskin Bond

Loneliness is inner emptiness. Solitude is inner fulfillment.

— Richard J. Foster

“Some people search out solitude without even thinking that they need to do so--it's an innate urge with them, something that they do as…

— Tom Walsh

“Loneliness is painful; Solitude is peaceful. Loneliness makes us cling to others in desperation; solitude allows us to respect others in their uniqueness and…

— Henri J.M. Nouwen

“I don’t think that loneliness is necessarily a bad or unconstructive condition. My own skill at jamming time may actually be dependent on some…

— Nicholson Baker

At any moment solitude may put on the face of loneliness.

— May Sarton