Quotes About Solitude

Como, a despeito de todas as inquietações, repouso em cima do meu romance tal uma estátua que olha para longe, repousa sobre o soco.

being alone brings only punishments.

Notei que se fujo dos outros não é para poder viver em paz, mas para poder morrer em paz. Mas agora vou defender-me.

I hide away from people not because I want to live in peace but because I want to perish in peace.

I will probably die in silence, surrounded by silence

It is not necessary for you to leave the house. Stay at your table and listen. Don't even listen; just wait. Don't even wait; be utterly still and alone. The world will offer itself to you to be unmasked; it cannot do otherwise; it will writhe before you in ecstasy.

A veces también se tomaba el excesivo trabajo de empujar una butaca hasta la ventana, y, trepando por el alféizar, permanecía de pie en la butaca y apoyado en la ventana, sumido, sin duda, en sus recuerdos, pues antaño le interesaba siempre mirar por la ventana aquella.

He feels more deserted with a second person than when alone. If he is together with someone, this second person reaches out for him and he is helplessly delivered into his hand. If he is alone, all mankind reaches out for him – but the innumerable outstretched arms become entangled with one another and no one reaches to him.

23 februarie. M? bucur? ÅŸi m? întristeaz? pentru c? eu nu am nimic.

But sleep? On a night like this? What an idea! Just think how many thoughts a blanket smothers while one lies alone in bed, and how many unhappy dreams it keeps warm.

El aislamiento es una forma de conocernos a nosotros mismos.

Kaum ist es ein wenig stiller, ist es fast zu still. Als bekäme ich das wahre Gefühl meiner selbst nur, wenn ich unerträglich unglücklich bin. (20.01.1922)

Nie jest konieczne, by? wyszed? z domu. Pozosta? przy stole i s?uchaj. Nawet nie s?uchaj, czekaj tylko. Nawet nie czekaj, b?dz ca?kiem cicho i sam. ?wiat sam si? przed tob? ods?oni, nie mo?e by? inaczej, b?dzie wi? si? przed tob? w ekstazie.

Instead I have always hidden from you, in my room, among my books, with crazy friends, or with extravagant ideas.

because she loved comfort and therefore solitude above all else and was probably happiest when she could stretch out on the couch at home in complete freedom with the cat beside her

Mir war auf dem Friedhof besser als in der Stadt, es hielt auch an. ich gieng lange durch die Stadt wie durch einen Friedhof.

Odamda günlerce yaln?z?m, ziyan? yok. Dünyada da y?llarca yaln?z deÄŸil miydim?

But when I walk alone in the woods or lie in the meadows, all is well

25. Jedynie uciekaj?c od ?wiata mo?na si? nim cieszy?.

It's just that I belong in the quietest quiet, that's what's right for me

Leave me my books! I have nothing else.

I shall move somewhere into the woods and try to improve myself.

Taking walks and observing the field mice.

No es necesario que salgas de casa. Quédate en tu mesa y escucha. Ni siquiera escuches, espera solamente. Ni siquiera esperes, quédate solo y en silencio. El mundo llegará a ti para hacerse desenmascarar; no puede dejar de hacerlo, se prosternará extático a tus pies.