Quotes About Solitude

Sale un' ora d' attesa in cielo, vacua, dal mare che s'ingrigia. Un albero ill nuvole sull' acqua cresce, poi crolla come di cinigia. Assente, come manem in questa plaga che ti presente e senza te consuma: sei lontana e pero tutto divaga dal suo soleo, dirupa, spare in bruma.

There are some words that seem to well up from inside me without reason. I will be walking along an empty hallway, leaning against the wall of an elevator, looking at the ceiling of my apartment when I find myself saying, "sorry." But I am not saying it to anyone else, it is only for the sound of the word, the feel of it.

I come home to an empty house and fill the sink with water. The pigeons above the window are clucking. I let the dishes slip under the bubbles and I close my eyes. I listen to the perfect, whole, round sounds of glass against porcelain under water.

He hears his mother and his sister-in-law talk about how lonely it is to be married to a musician, how many nights they spend alone. He wonders if I would be unhappy. I don't say anything. I like to spend my nights alone.

There is just one life for each of us: our own.

an engaged solitary, an inward-turned observer of the world

I'm not really involved with politics... I'm living in my cocoon with my classical music around.

I love photo sessions. I'm alone, I'm the queen, everyone's taking care of me.

Reading creates a sense of human fellowship. It is never (or rarely) a public activity, but in putting us in direct contact with other minds and sensibilities, it is a form of solitude which banishes loneliness. It can offer the consolation of knowing we are not alone, in our pleasures or in our suffering. It is in situations of deprivation that the value of reading – the deep need for books – becomes more vividly apparent.

Adventures, once they were over, were things that had to stay inside one--that no one else could quite understand.

When you're sad, Little Star, go out of doors. It's always better underneath the open sky.

She realized that adventures, once they were over, were things that had to stay inside one--that no one else could quite understand.

We are separate - utterly separate. We do not even share the same space or time with others.

I absolutely love jumping on a plane. I find it to be one of the most wonderful, releasing experiences in the world. Nobody can call me and I have my own space where I can do whatever I want. For some people a long-haul flight is an ordeal, but I love every bit of it.

All my habits through life have been singularly removed from any condition of reliance on others, and the feeling - right or wrong - that aloneness is my proper position has prevailed since my early childhood, no doubt nourished and strengthened by many and quick-following bereavements.

I play music a lot but on my own mostly, so it was nice to be around other people. There was a certain sense a relief in the physical act of just playing and being with other musicians.

If I had one word to describe how I feel at never having to work with co-host Adam Savage again it'd be relief.

If a hermit lives in a state of ecstasy, his lack of comfort becomes the height of comfort. He must relinquish it.

When everyone turned away, the only person I could turn to was God within myself, and that is what I continue to rely on.

Sometimes I watch movies. I don't party. I don't go out. It's just me and my homies in our circle. I stay away from everyone and everything so I can just continue to remain who I am.

It's a very nice kind of quasi-fame being a writer, because you remain largely anonymous and you can have a private life, which I really cherish. I don't like to be in the public light all that much. I don't crave the whole fame thing at all.

As much I can stay away from people, I remain happy.

When you forget everything, there only remains yourself - and that is not enough.

I was quite an odd child. We grew up in the middle of nowhere in Northumberland - it was lovely, idyllic, but we had remarkably little contact with other people.