Quotes About Solitude

The rest of the time Olivia was alone in her big house with all the doors and windows shut to keep out the heat and dust.

She was a great cook, but she cooked more for herself than for other people, not because she was hungry but because she was comforted by the rituals of the kitchen.

There are no words to express the abyss between isolation and having one ally. It may be conceded to the mathematicians that four is twice two. But two is not twice one; two is two thousand times one Ã¢â'¬Â¦

There is a privacy about it which no other season gives you.... In spring, summer and fall people sort of have an open season on each other; only in the winter, in the country, can you have longer, quiet stretches when you can savor belonging to yourself.

How long can you wait, alone in the dark? How long can you put off living until all your unfinished business is resolved?

People have all sorts of expectations which you can't meet. Me, I'm so reclusive I stay away from such things as much as I can. I never go anywhere.

They carved your name into the stone and then they put it in the ground, I run my fingers through the grooves When no one's around

Oh, why can't we break away from all this, just you and I, and lodge with my fleas in the hills? I mean, flee to my lodge in the hills.

The arctic loneliness of age.

I can remember when it wasn't so lonely around here. I guess loneliness makes you remember the good times.

And sometimes it is better to solemnly retreat into solitude than to be gravely misunderstood.

The night speaks volumes to those who understand melancholy fluently.

I wanted to say something as a man does who suddenly finds himself in a quiet place but I said nothing, like a man who suddenly finds himself in a quiet place and also keeps quiet.

All my life I have generally avoided my neighbors. If I happen to encounter one of them I immediately move somewhere else.

Hayatta yaln?z kalman?n esas oldu?unu hâlâ kabul edemiyor musunuz? Bütün yak?nla?malar, bütün birle?meler yalanc?d?r. ?nsanlar ancak muayyen bir hadde kadar birbirlerine sokulabilirler, üst taraf?n? uydururlar; ve günün birinde hatalar?n? anlay?nca, yeislerinden her ?eyi b?rak?p kaçarlar. Halbuki mümkün olanla kanaat etseler, hayallerindekini hakikat zannetmekten vazgeçseler bu böyle olmaz.

Konu?maya ne lüzum vard?? Bütün güzel laflardan ve ho? insanlardan s?k?lan bu mahluklar?, birbirlerinin sessiz mevcudiyeti, yorgunluk verecek kadar doyuruyordu.

Birdenbire bo?az?na hafif bir g?c?k geldi?ini ve gözlerinden fark?nda olmadan ya?lar bo?anmaya ba?lad???n? hissetti. Bu, öyle hummal?, h?çk?r?kl?, buhranl? bir a?lay?? de?ildi. Bir yerde birikti?i anla??lan gözya?lar?, kendilerine dökülecek bir mecra bulmu?lar, gayet sakin, hatta biraz tatl? bir ?ekilde iki yana??ndan yast??a süzülüyorlard?.

Anlars?n niçin uzak yerlere bakt???m?. ?çinde ya?anmaz bir dünyada ya??yorum.

Gidersem istikbalimi kaybedecektim, fakat durursam akl?m?... Yaln?z kald???m günlerde benim yegane dostum olan akl?m?...

Ey sevgilim, bilirsin benim ne çekti?imi Garip ba??m?n derdi bir yürek ta??yorum. Anlars?n niçin uzak yerlere bakt???m? ?çinde ya?anmaz bir dünyada ya??yorum. Görünce gülme sak?n ç?rp?n?p akt???m? Il?k ve ayd?nl?k bir denize ko?uyorum.

Odamda beni kitaplar?m bekler. Bu yegane tesellidir.

Etraf?n seni s?kt??? zaman kitap oku...

Fakat sarho? gibi olmu?tum. Bir yudum içmedi?im halde bütün etraf?m gözümden silinmi?ti. Ve ben bu kar???k, bu puslu ve dumanl? kalabal???n aras?nda yaln?z onu sarih, vaz?h ve ayd?nl?k olarak görüyordum.

Kendimi bildim bileli, bütün günlerimi, haberim olmadan ve nefsime itiraf etmeden, bir insan? aramakla geçirmi? ve bu yüzden bütün di?er insanlardan kaçm??t?m.