Composition Quote by Wendy Carlos

To the lover the loved one always appears as solitary.

— Walter Benjamin

“A man becomes a solitary at the moment when, no matter what may be his external surroundings, he is suddenly aware of his own…

— Thomas Merton

Writers may be solitary but they also tend to flock together: they like being solitary together.

— Neil Gaiman

Be not solitary, be not idle

— Robert Burton

Solitary. But not in the sense of being alone. Not solitary in the way Thoreau was, for example, exiling himself in order to find…

— Paul Auster

It is good to be solitary, for solitude is difficult; that something is difficult must be a reason the more for us to do…

— Rainer Maria Rilke

Knowing how to be solitary is central to the art of loving. When we can be alone, we can be with others without using…

— bell hooks

Being solitary is being alone well: being alone luxuriously immersed in doings of your own choice, aware of the fullness of your won presence…

— Alice Koller

Knowing how to be solitary is central to the art of loving. When we can be alone, we can be with others without using…

— Bell Hooks

If you are idle, be not solitary; if you are solitary be not idle.

— Samuel Johnson

True solidarity is only possible among the solitary.

— Jose Bergamin

Solitude without togetherness deteriorates into loneliness. One needs strong roots in togetherness to be solitary rather than lonely when one is alone.

— David Steindl-Rast