Quotes About Solitude

You can miss someone every day and still be glad you don't have to see them.

I just miss - I miss being anonymous.

I'm really going to miss me.

I don't miss acting. I don't even see movies. I don't see plays. I don't watch television.

If you have a good inner life, you don't get lonely. I've got a good imagination. I don't miss romance.

I miss the anonymity that comes with New York because everyone around you is so immersed in their own journey.

Of course there are moments for everyone, and certainly for me, where you do feel misunderstood. You feel like you can't really connect. You do feel like you're alone in something.

First of all, I'm misunderstood in general. I don't mind because I'm very quiet, and I stay to myself. People are going to say what they want to say.

I think a large part of being human centers on the state of being alone, and we try to mitigate that in so many ways.

Playing and fun are not the same thing, though when we grow up we may forget that and find ourselves mixing up playing with happiness. There can be a kind of amnesia about the seriousness of playing, especially when we played by ourselves.

Sometimes I'll go fishing with a group of friends but I am just as happy sitting out there on my own. The strange mixture of peace and challenge that comes with being a dedicated angler has always been intoxicating to me.

I have had the problem of seeing my male model go to Italy and... stay there.

There were moments when I really just thought, I don't need anything and I don't need anyone. I just want to go away and disappear.

At heart I am a librarian, a bird-watcher, a transcendentalist, a gardener, a spinster, a monk.

I should have been a Trappist monk.

On the whole, monks do not become famous - and that is a good thing - but monasteries do - and that is an excellent thing. In other words, it is the community that matters.

It's a real luxury to have a studio all to myself, somewhere to start mood boards for the next collection.

Generally, I walk around in a glum mood.

Tell me what you feel in your room when the full moon is shining in upon you and your lamp is dying out, and I will tell you how old you are, and I shall know if you are happy.

I'm still blown away by how desolate Iceland can be, how deserted it is. It's very often like living on the moon.

I have this morbid fascination with being completely alienated from everybody, and a lot of the time I really do feel that way.

If you live in a family or have five roommates, there's some sort of reality check, but when you live alone, there's a lot more leeway for your fantasy life to be more and more a part of your everyday life.

I always run without music. Being disconnected is what I'm addicted to more than anything. There aren't many places where you can be without your phone and computer. I've started to crave and enjoy that time alone.

I love to fish almost more than anything.