Quotes About Solitude

Sorrow preys upon Its solitude, and nothing more diverts it From its sad visions of the other world Than calling it at moments back to this. The busy have no time for tears.

I just broke up with my boyfriend, and I've been spending more time alone than I'd like.

If people could understand how much pleasure they could have by themselves, I think everyone would be a lot saner. I think that people really need a dose of quality time with one's self.

the wasting of time is the most personal, most private, most intimate form of conversation with oneself, as well as with another.

The only way I get back to my center is either by talking to my wife or by spending time by myself.

Zuleika, on a desert island, would have spent most of her time in looking for a man's footprint.

Doubt is a central factor all the time. There's always the doubt: What the hell am I doing out here in the middle of the woods, all alone, painting?

There are huge creative advantages in having huge chunks of time when no one can find you. Emails and phones have diluted the experience of travel.

It's hard to spend years at a time working in total solitude with no reality-check.

I feel so good after a workout. Any time you can be alone with yourself is really important.

Getting close to books, and spending time by myself, I was obliged to think about things I would never have thought about if I was busy romping around with a brother and sister.

I realize that I only have words and that, from time to time, as I hold them in my arms I am less lonely.

Time is a horse that runs in the heart, a horse Without a rider on a road at night. The mind sits listening and hears it pass.

A lot of people tend to think that because I need all this time on my own in the studio, that I need time on my own, period. And that's not really true.

I was this weird loner kid who got drunk by himself all the time.

Running started as a way of relaxing. It's the only time I have to myself. No phones or e-mails or faxes.

If you want to know anything about community, you have to realize that the contemplative side is essential. Community without retreating and quiet time never survives.

Everybody needs to take some time, in some way, to quiet themselves and really listen to their heart.

My favorite part of running is the thinking time.

All my houses are isolated. Many is the time I just stay home alone.

I like to write on airplanes... that forced meditation time when you have nothing else to do, so your mind is allowed to go to places it wouldn't otherwise go.

We get sucked into the Internet and streaming information, and its time to just unplug and look within.

Puttering is really a time to be alone, to dream, to get in touch with yourself...To putter is to discover.

I was a total nerd growing up. I'd rather sit home and read a novel on New Year's Eve and say, 'Wow, I read the whole thing in one night!' That was my idea of a big time.