Quotes About Solitude

Both also recognized that intellect was not drawn from reading alone. Intuition about individuals, the masses, and the truth of a reported situation was essential. That came from being out among others and engaging. Both inclined toward solitude, they each made the effort to pull themselves away from the page.

I am a single, useless snail-loathing datum.

And there's nobody there. But

One hour a day, one day a month, eight days a year, for longer if necessary, you must leave everything and everybody and retire, alone with God. If you don't look for this solitude, if you don't love it, you won't achieve real contemplative prayer.

With your work finished and the caravan halted, you stretch out on the sand with a blanket under your head and breathe in the gentle breeze which has replaced the dry, fiery daytime wind. Then you leave the camp and go down to the dunes for prayer. Time passes undisturbed. No obligations harass you, no noise disturbs you, no worry awaits you: time is all yours. So you satiate yourself with prayer and silence, while the stars light up in the sky.

Sad people are too sad to do anything but drink brandy and sleep all day.

I like to travel by myself.

I am filled with the thirst of the desert.

What a relief to be away from the stares of those extraordinary beings!

La vida volvía a ser solitaria para mí. Como era algo que parecía no tener remedio, lo tomé con resignación.

Vivir es saber estar solo para aprender a estar en compañía.

Mi libro se quedará solo danzando desordenado y loco su danza sonámbula

Out of the forest I come with my flowers, singing, all alone.

But they were not friends. They were here to keep each other from spinning off alone into the dark matter of the universe.

I go in alone, for there is no one for me, but I don't care, I tell myself; I'd expected no one. —Ruth

Writing is like talking without anyone to interrupt you.

It's fine to be insane as long as you keep it to yourself.

You can't find your life, or your peace, in the middle of a bezillion eyes staring at you.

I found myself in a place that was thorny, but because I was so used to being there, it bore out certain twisted sensations of comfort. It's a place called «alone».

The hero's journey requires us to find our uniqueness. We simply cannot do that without enough solitude to find out who we are. Most of us need some time alone every day just to stay clear.

The hero's journey requires us to find our uniqueness. We simply cannot do that without enough solitude to find out who we are.

Being alone gave me a chance to process what my senses took in without having to factor in other people's opinions.

Better to be by yourself than with someone unsuitable.

She was a mind floating in an ocean of confusion.