Being loved Quote by Theophile Gautier

I came to a point where I needed solitude and just stop the machine of ‘thinking’ and ‘enjoying’ what they call ‘living’, I just…

— Jack Kerouac

I've always been drawn to solitude, felt a kind of luxurious relief in its self-generated pace and rhythms.

— Caroline Knapp

“Solitude helps you to convert your time into the clarity of purpose.”

— Sunday Adelaja

I live now in solitude and am able to use my time reflecting on the past and preparing for death. I cannot put away…

— Rose Philippine Duchesne

“Solitude helps you to convert your time into clarity of purpose.”

— Sunday Adelaja

It was time to expect more of myself. Yet as I thought about happiness, I kept running up against paradoxes. I wanted to change…

— Gretchen Rubin

“Think for a moment. You will have time to read—never again will you skim pages to save minutes, or avoid some study lest it…

— James Hilton

In the tumult of men and events, solitude was my temptation; now it is my friend. What other satisfaction can be sought once you…

— Charles De Gaulle

...nothing could be more pleasant than to live in solitude, enjoy the spectacle of nature, and occasionally read some book... ...

— Anonymous

“After all this kind of fanfare, and even more, I came to a point where I needed solitude and to just stop the machine…

— Jack Kerouac

When you feel the desire for power, you should stay in solitude for some time

— Leo Tolstoy

I have not a desire but a need for solitude.

— Roland Barthes