Quotes About Solitude

A mí me ha tocado no estar contigo; no tengo miradas para encontrarte ni hay cosa en que pueda reconocerte.

La torre de marfil tentó mi anhelo; quise encerrarme dentro de mí mismo, y tuve hambre de espacio y sed de cielo desde las sombras de mi propio abismo.

O silêncio é como uma taça vazia que, por ser vazia, permite que a pessoa que está sofrendo recolha nela todas as suas lágrimas, que nós não conhecemos.

A solidão e o sofrimento me fizeram sensível à voz dos poetas.

De repente os muitos desapareceram da minha frente, e o seu era o único rosto que eu via. Queria estar ao seu lado, segurar a sua mão. Mas você está longe – e fui então para a minha solidão.

Sofri a dor da solidão e da rejeição. Mas foi esse espaço de solidão na minha alma que me fez pensar coisas que de outra forma eu não teria pensado.

The fool needs company, the wise solitude.

I think that if there is a hell it's just a place where you're left all alone, with nobody around you. Man, when you're alone you don't have to burn, just being by yourself for all of time would be the worst punishment the Old Man could give you

The Cat. He walked by himself, and all places were alike to him.

He went back through the wet wild woods, waving his wild tail, and walking by his wild lone. But he never told anybody.

Down to Gehenna or up to the Throne, He travels fastest who travels alone.

I am the Cat who walks by himself, and all places are alike to me.

When you learn to read you will be born again...and you will never be quite so alone again.

Either give me more wine or leave me alone.

It may be that the satisfaction I need depends on my going away, so that when I've gone and come back, I'll find it at home.

Here in the dark, O heart; Alone with the enduring Earth, and Night, And Silence, and the warm strange smell of clover; Clear-visioned, though it break you; far apart From the dead best, the dear and old delight; Throw down your dreams of immortality, O faithful, O foolish lover!

Jed was used to isolation. His face was like some kind of cul-de-sac. It said NO THROUGH ROAD to most people. Confronted with him, they always turned around, backed away.

As I walked home last night I saw a lone fox dancing In the cold moonlight. I stood and watched. Then Took the low road, knowing The night was his by right. Sometimes, when words ring true, I'm like a lone fox dancing In the morning dew.

There is a distinction to be made between aloneness and loneliness.

When you are old and grey and full of sleep', it is good to have someone to lean on from time to time, and in that respect this agnostic has been blessed by the gods. I still value my solitude, but it is also nice to have someone tucking me into bed at night.

I was never afraid of the dark, and till today I see the night as a friend, giving me the privacy that I find so hard to find by day. Starlight, moonlight, early dawn, all have a special loveliness about them.

When I'm writing there's nobody watching me. Today, it's hard to find a profession where you're not being watched!

Once you have lived with mountains, there is no escape. You belong to them.

It's safer in the jungle than in the town.