Quotes About Solitude

I don't want to know what time it is. I don't want to know what day it is or where I am. None of that matters.

I like gardening - it's a place where I find myself when I need to lose myself.

I long for the countryside. That's where I get my calm and tranquillity - from being able to come and find a spot of green.

Solitude is the strength of being alone. It's where we become our best company.

Inside myself is a place where I live all alone and that is where I renew my springs that never dry up.

O solitude, where are the charms That sages have seen in thy face? Better dwell in the midst of alarms, Than reign in this horrible place.

I feel most at home in the water. I disappear. That's where I belong.

Loneliness is different than isolation and solitude. Loneliness is a subjective feeling where the connections we need are greater than the connections we have. In the gap, we experience loneliness. It's distinct from the objective state of isolation, which is determined by the number of people around you.

My favorite room in my house is my bedroom; my private space where I can go to do my reading or listen to music.

I remember lying out in my bed and looking at the vast, quiet sky. Right up above my head, there were three stars in a row, and I remember thinking, 'Well, I'll have those three stars all my life, and wherever I am, they will be. They are my stars, and they belong to me.'

I am essentially a recluse who will have very little to do with people wherever he may be. I think that most people only make me nervous - that only by accident, and in extremely small quantities, would I ever be likely to come across people who wouldn't.

I am alone a lot, which is good. I need that time to just be alone after a long day, just decompress. So, I go to either my house or the hotel, or my apartment, or whatever - wherever I am, I go home and I watch TV and I sit there, with my cat, and I just watch TV or go online, check my emails.

I like recording by myself wherever I can, just because then I feel like I have ultimate freedom, and I can just control whatever I want to put down. There's something about going into your own little world.

When I write, I normally write anywhere that I can feel at peace, so if it's in my bedroom, if it's at the park, if it's by a lake somewhere, wherever I feel calm is where I like to write.

Whether I'm at the gas station or I be at the store, I be there by myself. I be regular.

There is a fellowship more quiet even than solitude, and which, rightly understood, is solitude made perfect.

When you DJ, you're just on your own, which is nice because there's no argument.

There's a difference between solitude and loneliness. I can understand the concept of being a monk for a while.

Standing on soil feels so much different than standing on city pavement; it lets you look inward and reflect and see who you really are, while you see a beautiful, unspoiled land as far as the eye can see. It allows your inner life to grow.

I think one of the coolest things you can do is disappear for a while, because it gives you the chance to re-emerge. To sort of pounce out of the jungle.

I crave a cone of silence every once in while.

Being solo really lends itself to different interpretations - and everything is in the moment and on a whim. I never realised how far out you can go when you are by yourself.

Solitude is a breeding ground for idiosyncrasy, and I relish that about it, the way it liberates whim.

I do paint, and I wanted to actually be a painter. Sometimes I'll whip out paints. It's tough to find the motivation, but it's also a solitary, lonely occupation. What I like about acting is that it is such a collaborative thing.