Desire Quote by Roland Barthes

I have only one desire, and that is the desire for solitude-to disappear into God, to be submerged in His peace, to be lost…

— Thomas Merton

Sometimes I just need solitude, which is really rather nice.

— Nigel Pearson

Ah! I need solitude. I have come forth to this hill at sunset to see the forms of the mountains in the horizon -…

— Henry David Thoreau

There are times when you seek your solitude, and your solitude just wants to be left alone.

— Robert Breault

I long for solitude and yet I cannot stand it.

— Eugene Ionesco

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

— Ruskin Bond

Deliberately seeking solitude-quality time spent away from family and friends-may seem selfish. It is not. Solitude is as necessary for our creative spirits to…

— Sarah Ban Breathnach

I am persuaded there is no such thing after all as a perfect enjoyment of solitude; for the more delicious the solitude the more…

— Leigh Hunt

I love my solitude, and I would love it still more if I had more of it.

— Rose Philippine Duchesne

Solitude is pleasant. Loneliness is not.

— Anna Neagle

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

I need solitude, which is to say, recovery, return to my self, the breath of a free, light, playful air.

— Friedrich Nietzsche