Quotes About Solitude

Silence is refreshment for the soul.

Solitude is creativity's best friend, and solitude is refreshment for our souls.

I live out in the country in Scotland and know that if I close my eyes, I can recognise every sound.

This isn't meant to make me sound interesting and rock 'n' roll, but I wouldn't want to live with me a lot of the time.

I used to follow people home. I just like being anonymous so much that I would follow people home because they didn't know who I was, and I could watch them. I know how that sounds. I could not exist but observe.

Ever notice that Soup for One is eight aisles away from Party Mix?

I just enjoyed telling stories. I enjoyed watching films and reading and becoming someone else. I spent a lot of time on my own when I was younger; I enjoyed my own company and still do, so it was a source of escapism.

You don't feel like you have to interact with a whole bunch of people when you get on Flipboard. It's not a source of social anxiety.

There's a sense of sovereignty that comes from life on a mountain.

Don't even try to talk to me when I'm watching the moon. That's my moon, baby.

The heart looks into space to be away from earth.

Our life is full of empty space.

I like my peace. I am happy in my space.

I am happy in my own space.

But let them sleep, Lord, and me mourn a space.

Everyone needs to be able to have their own space in which to be themselves.

I grew up with horses and cattle, running around on dirt hills with this real sense of space. We didn't have neighbours - well, the nearest ones were kilometres away.

I love my shed. It's my space and my mess - and I know where everything is.

I don't like the idea of being connected to the world all the time. One should have space and time for oneself.

Sacred spaces can be created in any environment.

I go to Australia probably once every two years. It's wide-open spaces there, so I just rent a motorcycle and ride out to the middle of the continent. For hours, you don't see anybody.

I like to be in big open spaces with high skies.

Now, when I play soul piano, for instance, and I play a rendition of 'Spain,' I do it deconstructively. That's the most fun, but I can only do that when I'm on my own.

That's how it felt – that the loss of him had a life of its own. I lived with it as I could have lived with him. Some nights it was quiet and sometimes it pounded on my door.