Quotes About Solitude

Nimic nu-mi poate fi mai pl?cut, drag? prietene, decât s? m? reîntorc în singur?tatea mea, sub copacii mei stufoÈ™i, pe ??rmul Loarei. Dac? Dumnezeu e cel mai mare t?m?duitor al r?nilor sufleteÈ™ti, natura îÈ›i d?ruieÈ™te leacurile cele mai neîntrecute.

A tutti i mali ci sono due rimedi: il tempo e il silenzio.

Y entonces la soledad se poblaba con sus pensamientos, las tinieblas se desvanecían ante sus ilusiones, y el silencio se turbaba con sus votos y sus proyectos.

Moi, j'ai déjà prévenu Ronsard de venir me rejoindre; et là, tous les deux loin du bruit, loin du monde, loin des méchants, sous nos grands bois, aux bords de la rivière, au murmure des ruisseaux, nous parlerons des choses de Dieu, seule compensation qu'il y ait en ce monde aux choses des hommes.

A tutti i mali vi sono due rimedi: il tempo e il silenzio

these groups followed some solitary passer-by, hurrying his steps; one after another the doors were closed, one after

Not only does democracy make every man forget his ancestors, but it hides his descendants, and separates his contemporaries from him; it throws him back forever upon himself alone, and threatens in the end to confine him entirely within the solitude of his own heart.

Each man is forever thrown back on himself alone, and there is danger that he may be shut up in the solitude of his own heart.

Americans owe nothing to any man, they expect nothing from any man; they acquire the habit of always considering themselves as standing alone, and they are apt to imagine that their whole destiny is in their own hands. Thus democracy throws [a man] back forever upon himself alone, and threatens in the end to confine him entirely within the solitude of his own heart.

Everyone shuts himself up tightly within himself and insists upon judging the world from there.

Aristocracy links everybody, from peasant to king, in one long chain. Democracy breaks the chain and frees each link. . . . Thus, not only does democracy make men forget their ancestors, but also clouds their view of their descendants and isolates them from their contemporaries. Each man is forever thrown back on himself alone, and there is danger that he may be shut up in the solitude of his own heart

There is no sun.

To be lyrical you've got to stuff your ears up and keep other people out of your life- if you have one.

That's what winter is: an exercise in remembering how to still yourself then how to come pliantly back to life again.

In losing a friend, she is reminded of all she has lost and all she stands to lose again. There is nothing to be done to make it any easier. We all grieve alone.

Sometimes they would sit in the parlor together, both reading – in entirely separate worlds, to be sure, but joined somehow. When this happened, other people in the family couldn't bring themselves to disturb them. All that could be heard in the parlor was the sound of pages, turning.

Instead of going home, I drove to the library. To hell with human beings. I'd always felt safer with stories than with flesh and blood.

She liked to disappear, even when she was in the same room as other people. It was a talent, as it was a curse.

Among men and women, those in love do not always announce themselves with declarations and vows. But they are the ones who weep when you're gone. Who miss you every single night, especially when the sky is so deep and beautiful, and the ground so very cold.

I wasn't good company, that was true, and people avoided me, but that was all right. I was too busy dreaming.

The lonelier you are, the more you pull away, until humans seem an alien race, with customs and a language you can't begin to understand.

The only people out at this hour were ones who couldn't sleep, those haunted by one thing or another: love thwarted, love lost, love thrown away. They were the sort of people who didn't want to be noticed, who wanted to slip through shadows, be alone with their despair.

She preferred cats to human beings and turned down every offer from the men who fell in love with her.

But at long last she had some privacy and could go more than ten minutes without someone getting in her business, informing her that everything she did was wrong. As if she didn't already know that.