Solitude Quotes

"I cannot walk through the suburbs in the solitude of the night without thinking that the night pleases us because it suppresses idle details" "The silence depressed me. It wasn't the silence of silence. It was my own silence." "You cannot be lonely if you like the person you're alone with" "The city was so overwhelming it left you lost even from yourself" "People are more productive when they're alone, but they're more collaborative and innovative when they're together." "I want to be with those who know secret things or else alone." "I'd like to be like a hummingbird. You see them every now and then. You don't see them everywhere" "To make the right choices in life, you have to get in touch with your soul. To do this, you need to experience solitude, which most people are afraid of because in the silence you hear the truth and know the solutions." "The soul that sees beauty may sometimes walk alone" "A single rose can be my garden... a single friend, my world" "Adversity is the state in which man mostly easily becomes acquainted with himself, being especially free of admirers then" "If you are afraid of loneliness, do not marry." "I care for myself. The more solitary, the more friendless, the more unsustained I am, the more I will respect myself." "Solitude is fine, but you need someone to tell that solitude is fine" "Great men are like eagles and build their nest on some lofty solitude" "Muddling up loneliness and companionship as usual" "Night is purer than day; it is better for thinking and loving and dreaming. At night everything is more intense, more true. The echo of words that have been spoken during the day takes on a new and deeper meaning." "Command is lonely." "I can live alone, if self-respect, and circumstances require me so to do" "We are all alone born alone die alone and in spite of True Romance magazines we shall all someday look back on our lives and see that in spite of our company we were alone the whole way I do not say lonely at least not all the time but essentially and finally alone This is what makes your self-respect so important and I don't see how you can respect yourself if you must look in the hearts and minds of others for your happiness"