Quotes About Solitude

I've always been fascinated by the desert.

One of my favorite things about the D-League was going on the road and losing and not having to talk to anyone after the game.

I start every morning at 7 or 7:30 in the same place - my little office where it's dark and cozy - with a cup of the same really strong black coffee. It's my little cocoon. There's no phone or fax or Internet. And no music.

You know, one of my fears about living alone so long is that you get used to doing everything your own way.

I absolutely fell in love with being on the water and the peace and freedom that you get being on the water in a single boat.

I'm not involved with the female world.

I have one female fan. But she lives with me. I'm not aware of any others.

If you're going to have a cabin fever, have a big cabin, you know.

If you write fiction, you're by yourself. There are certain advantages to that in that you don't have to explain anything to anybody. But when you get in with others who share the loneliness of the whole enterprise, you're not lonely anymore.

My cat Isabella, she doesn't get along with anyone else. She's kind of like me: like, very anti-social and fierce. So we speak to each other on a spiritual level, and we cuddle every night. So it's pretty serious.

It's essential for a fighter to go separately and just focus on training away from everybody else.

I get advice, but the final decision about my life is one I always take alone.

I was an engineering student and spent a lot of time in the library, and no one applauds when you finish your calculations.

I'm a firm believer when I'm doing my job to not want anybody around.

Jurgen loved London because he could get lost here. He said that it was the first time he could do that in eight years. No one knew him or bothered him. It is great for a person to be able to get lost.

I deep sea fish a lot.

I love to fish.

I don't get to fish that much, believe me.

Other than fishing and a little bird-hunting, all I do is write.

When I was four years old, I found fishing and it has been my base ever since.

What I miss most about living in Alaska is the fishing.

I gave up fishing in England. It got too crowded.

I really enjoy fishing. It's one of those things you have to get in your element for.

Mental prayer in my opinion is nothing else than an intimate sharing between friends; it means taking time frequently to be alone with Him who we know loves us. The important thing is not to think much but to love much and so do that which best stirs you to love. Love is not great delight but desire to please God in everything.