Busy life Quote by Peter Ackroyd

“I gang my own gait and have never belonged to my country, my home, my friends, or even my immediate family, with my whole…

— Albert Einstein

“What solitary people my family were! It amazed me that two of its members had ever gotten together to produce the others. But then…

— Benjamin Kunkel

“The crowdedness of family life and the faithfulness of solitude - both brave decisions, or both decisions of cowardice - make little dent, in…

— Yiyun Li

“A man becomes a solitary at the moment when, no matter what may be his external surroundings, he is suddenly aware of his own…

— Thomas Merton

“suffering in the midst of the vast city from solitude so acute that not even the narcotic of late-night television talk shows could distract…

— Barry Eisler

“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

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

— Sherry Turkle

“I found myself in a place that was thorny, but because I was so used to being there, it bore out certain twisted sensations…

— Carol Plum-Ucci

“In this passionately social world, loneliness dogged the spirit. People were constantly “getting together,” but they never really got there. Everyone was terrified of…

— Olaf Stapledon

“...the natures of solitary people are apt to have more unmapped country in them than worldly folk imagine. They see and think and do…

— Julian Hawthorne

“In principle a Party member had no spare time, and was never alone except in bed. It was assumed that when he was not…

— George Orwell

“The rhythm of solitude, once so intimidating, began to feel comfortable. Aloneness, I was learning, does not have to equal loneliness.”

— John Grogan