Quotes About Solitude

I've learned I don't like being around people too much. It's hard to stand around and make conversation with people I've learned. But I do want to be the guy that can do it easily.

You come into this world as you leave it, on your own. It's made me want to live a life slightly less ordinary.

I like to be real private; you don't always want everyone around you - even when they like you.

Know what a loner is? He's a born cripple. He's a cripple because the only person he can live with is himself. It's his life, the way he wants to live. It's all for him.

After I reached my teens I decided I didn't want to hang out with anyone. I couldn't handle the stupidity.

There are times in my life when I just want to be by myself.

I'm tired and I want to rest; I want to get out of this and go lie down somewhere, off where it's dark and no one speaks. Forever.

When no one is looking, I swallow deserts and clouds and chew on mountains knowing they are sweet bones! When no one is looking and I want to kiss God, I just lift my own hand to my mouth.

I don't like getting out when I could be painting. And when I'm painting, I don't want anybody else around.

What would you be like if you were the only person in the world? If you want to be truly happy you must be that person.

I have Graham Greene's telephone number, but I wouldn't dream of using it. I don't seek out writers because we all want to be alone.

I don't have no friends. I don't want no friends. That's how I feel.

We movie stars all end up by ourselves. Who knows? Maybe we want to.

I only said, 'I want to be left alone.'

I just haven't found anyone that I want to spend long periods of time with.

I'm a grenade, I just want to stay away from people and read books, and think.

Stay with me; I want to be alone

People are always talking on their phones, or looking at their phones, because they don't want to be alone with their thoughts.

I give the fight up: let there be an end, a privacy, an obscure nook for me. I want to be forgotten even by God.

I'm just a little bit tired If you know what I mean Don't want to be in a crowd When I can be in a dream.

I didn't have any friends at school, didn't want any. I felt better being alone. I sat on a bench and watched the others play and they looked foolish to me.

As I view the moon I feel the sadness of all things --- this autumn is not for me alone

6But when you pray, go away by yourself, shut the door behind you, and pray to your Father in private. Then your Father, who sees everything, will reward you.

in Jeffrey S. Cramer. Walden: A fully annotated edition. Yale University Press: New Haven, 2004