Quotes About Solitude

He that can live alone resembles the brute beast in nothing, the sage in much, and God in everything.

Very early on, I understood that I secretly and mysteriously belonged to the world of cats.

That's the advantage of insomnia. People who go to be early always complain that the night is too short, but for those of us who stay up all night, it can feel as long as a lifetime. You get a lot done

Why were we so far apart, even when we were together? It was a nice loneliness, like the sensation of washing your face in cold water.

Nothing exists in this world but me and my bed…" (p. 141).

Everyone lives the way she knows best. What I mean by 'their happiness' is living a life untouched as much as possible by the knowledge that we are really, all of us, alone. That's not a bad thing.

He was quiet in the way people are when they believe the world would get along just fine without them.

I had been walking in silence for so long,I had almost forgotten what my own voice sounded like.My knees were tired;my toes were beginning to ache.

Stavo toccando con mano e vedendo con i miei occhi, per la prima volta, quanto fosse immenso il mondo e profondo l'oscurità e l'infinito fascino e solitudine di tutto ciò.

La felicidad es vivir sintiendo, lo menos posible, que el hombre, en realidad, está solo.

The room was so unearthly quiet, I lost all sense of time being divided into seconds. I felt that I was the only person alive and moving in a world brought to a stop.

Now only the kitchen and I are left. It's just a little nicer than being all alone.

Después cuando al fin lo conocí, pensé que transmitía una sensación de aislamiento, no se por qué. Aunque su forma de ser y de hablar eran dulces, me pareció que estaba solo.

E' strana la notte: per quelli che si addormentano subito dura solo un attimo, mentre per chi la passa completamente in bianco, diventa così lunga che è come vivere una vita supplementare e sembra quasi un privilegio…

It was as if his tears had nowhere to go, they were meant for god alone.

Tutto intorno a me era come un anello d'amore, innumerevoli anelli, tanto da sembrare di essere al centro di un arcobaleno. Qualcosa di grande mi avrebbe protetto, ovunque mi fossi trovata e in qualsiasi momento, e se anche la superbia me l'avesse fatto dimenticare, se la sensazione di stare vivendo da sola mi avesse fatto agire con imprudenza, quel qualcosa lo avrebbe accettato e accolto.

When I'm dead worn out, in a reverie, I often think that when it comes time to die, I want to breathe my last in a kitchen. Whether it's cold and I'm all alone, or somebody's there and it's warm, I'll stare death fearlessly in the eye. If it's a kitchen, I'll think, 'How good.

Lo único que he tenido claro desde el principio es que este amor se sostiene en la soledad. Entre tinieblas desiertas que parecen brilla, yacemos los dos, mudos, sin lograr sustraernos al hechizo.

Nei momenti più insignificanti, mentre sono in cucina a preparare la cena, o quando guardo il tramonto, a volte divento terribilmente malinconica, proprio come se un grosso grumo di tristezza mi fosse tutt'a un tratto penetrato dentro.

Mari had stopped responding to the outside world, she'd pulled the plug on the whole system, she was taking a break—I felt convinced of this. Because, as she saw things right now, life was nothing but pain.

I felt that I was the only person alive and moving in a world brought to a stop. Houses always feel like that after someone has died.

Gli esseri umani accolgono ogni cambiamento del proprio animo in una confusione di cose buone e cattive, e da soli portano quel peso per tutta la vita. Pregando, sempre da soli, di essere il più gentile possibile con le persone a cui vogliono bene e a cui sono vicini.

When was it I realized that, on this truly dark and solitary path we all walk, the only way we can light is our own?

When was it I realized that, on this truly dark and solitary path we all walk, the only way we can light is our own? Although I was raised with love, I was always lonely.