Century Quote by Susan Cain

“We've known about the transcendant power of solitude for centuries; it's only recently that we've forgotten it.”

— Susan Cain

Solitude is the profoundest fact

— Octavio Paz

There is much to be said for solitude.

— Douglas Kennedy

What remains is solitude.

— Marlene Dietrich

“Solitude is an unmarked place beyond the borders of the map, a place where most fear to tread. It’s no surprise, then, that this…

— Cristen Rodgers

Extraordinary things happen in solitude.

— Michael Finkel

Solitude, as I understand it, does not signify an unhappy state, but rather secret royalty, profound incommunicability yet a more or less obscure knowledge…

— Jean Genet

Solitude has its own very strange beauty to it.

— Liv Tyler

In solitude we become aware that our worth is not the same as our usefulness.

— Henri Nouwen

Solitude is not an absence of energy or action, as some believe, but is rather a boon of wild provisions transmitted to us from…

— Clarissa Pinkola Estes

Solitude is essentially the discovery and acceptance of our uniqueness.

— Anonymous

Solitude does not pull us away from our fellow human beings but instead makes real fellowship possible.

— Henri Nouwen