Grief and loss Quote by Roland Barthes

“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

“However, I must admit that keeping myself to myself has not always been comforting. At times, I seemed to suffer spells of depression and…

— Lawrence G. Taylor

“How can thinking about the misery of others help if you’re miserable yourself”

— Anne Frank

“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 devastates me; company oppresses me. The presence of another person derails my thoughts; I dream of the other’s presence with a strange absent-mindedness…

— Fernando Pessoa

“The journey towards your inner self is through Solitude!”

— Farheen Viquas

“The feeling that we are all neglected and lonely but not so lonely that "others" do not see us in trouble, saves us from…

— Albert Camus

One's own surroundings means so much to one, when one is feeling miserable.

— Edith Sitwell

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

— Neel Burton

“Solitude makes you productive.”

— Sunday Adelaja

“Nothing is therefore more dangerous than solitude. Our imagination, forced by its very nature to unfold, nourished by the fantastic visions of poetry, gives…

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

“Because of the loneliness and despair that results from being an individual (i.e., a unique human being, rather than one of the herd, the…

— Marsha Sinetar