Children Quote by Philippa Pearce

“But perhaps these are the very hours during which solitude grows; for its growing is painful as the growing of boys and sad as…

— Rainer Maria Rilke

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

— John Grogan

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

— Sunday Adelaja

“Solitude always gives birth to something.”

— Sunday Adelaja

“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, the joy of being alone, stems from, as well as promotes, a state of maturity and inner richness.”

— Neel Burton

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

— Octavio Paz

“In the place of solitude, you are able to take advantage of time and bring forth children in the form of products.”

— Sunday Adelaja

“We should learn early to enjoy being in solitude, because even in death, we are in solitude.”

— John Joclebs Bassey

“Solitude is mental growth”

— Allison Mierop

“Solitude helps you to discover that you can walk through life all by yourself and that you don’t need to be dependent on anything.”

— Sunday Adelaja

“There is so much obligatory generosity to being a good mother, a good wife, a good friend. Solitude is an acceptable form of selfishness.”

— Anna Quindlen