Solitude Quotes

"The city was so overwhelming it left you lost even from yourself" "You cannot be lonely if you like the person you're alone with" "The silence depressed me. It wasn't the silence of silence. It was my own silence." "I cannot walk through the suburbs in the solitude of the night without thinking that the night pleases us because it suppresses idle details" "All great and precious things are lonely." "There is no friend as loyal as a book" "All of humanity's problems stem from man's inability to sit quietly in a room alone" "People are more productive when they're alone, but they're more collaborative and innovative when they're together." "To live alone is the fate of all great souls." "The more powerful and original a mind, the more it will incline towards the religion of solitude" "Hermits have no peer pressure" "Would you believe in what you believe in if you were the only one who believed it" "When you live alone, your furnishings, your house, are always a mirror of your soul." "I used to think the worst thing in life was to end up all alone. It’s not. The worst thing in life is end up with people that make you feel all alone." "My soul is an empty carousel at sunset." "I feel there is something nice about not talking" "I've been called a recluse just because I don't socialize with others in the industry" "To wisely live your life, you don’t need to know much. Just remember two main rules for the beginning: You better starve, than eat whatever. And better be alone than with whoever" "I am a cage in search of a bird" "I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life."