Quotes About Solitude

Pride, she thought drearily, was a cold bedfellow.

What sorrow is like to the sorrow of one who is alone?

Loneliness will sit over our roofs with brooding wings.

Bubda likes to be alone. Other people are a pain. You're other people, Seth. Better than some. Maybe better than most. But no people is best.

Yes, I began my journey alone, and I ended it alone. But that does not mean that I walked alone.

And Vin liked solitude. When you're alone, no one can betray you

I hadn't been a nerd, mind you. I'd just been the type of guy who spent a lot of time by himself, focused entirely on a single consuming interest.

Sometimes Vin imagined she was like the ash, or the wind, or the mist itself. A thing without thought, capable of simply being, not thinking, caring, or hurting. Then she could be...free.

For a moment, it was just him. Him and the wind. He fought with her, and she laughed.

A man found himself when he was alone. You only had one person to chat with, one person to blame.

The more alone you are," Waxillium said softly, "the more important it is to have someone you can rely upon.

Being given it so easily seemed to devalue the years she had spent relishing her brief moments of solitude.

Anonymity. Hiding, even when you're with others. Being quiet, unobtrusive. Forcing yourself to stay apart—emotionally, at least. It's a way of life. A protection.

I don't need company to be confident.

comencé mi viaje solo y lo concluí solo. Pero eso no significa que caminara solo.

Dime la verdad —pidió Adolin—. Júramelo, Kaladin. Dime que esta noche deberíamos dejarte solo. Quiero que me lo jures.

A man found himself when he was alone. You only had one person to chat with, one person to blame. He

Better for everyone to not have to deal with me

This is nice. Very roomy for a shack on a mountainside in the middle of a deadly jungle on an isolated island surrounded by monsters.

Somewhere far beyond this world, I feel nothing anymore

Being ourselves means sometimes having to find the courage to stand alone, totally alone.

Belonging so fully to yourself that you're willing to stand alone is a wilderness—an untamed, unpredictable place of solitude and searching.

In a short evolutionary time, we have changed17 from group-living primates skilled at reading each other's every gesture and intention to a solitary species, each one of us preoccupied with our own screen.

The wilderness is an untamed, unpredictable place of solitude and searching. It is a place as dangerous as it is breathtaking, a place as sought after as it is feared. But it turns out to be the place of true belonging, and it's the bravest and most sacred place you will ever stand