Quotes About Solitude

I started by just sitting by the chessboard exploring things. I didn't even have books at first, and I just played by myself. I learnt a lot from that, and I feel that it is a big reason why I now have a good intuitive understanding of chess.

I have an immensely understanding partner who does something creative herself, and we both need a lot of time alone. I structure my life around getting my work done, first and foremost. Everything else is secondary. That's the only way I've been able to do it.

At least I had that, one guy understood me.

I've always loved scuba diving and the cell-tickling feel of being underwater, though it poses unique frustrations. Alone, but with others, you may share the same sights and feelings, but you can't communicate well.

Most writers live in self-imposed exile, even when they don't leave their country. They prefer the undiscovered country inside their own heads.

I'm uneasy with fame so I do my best to avoid places that will bring me more attention.

My office has two buildings that function like the right and left sides of the brain. There's a room where everything is being edited for an upcoming project, but you can pull out of that into a tranquil space to work in a different, more solitary medium. It's an architectural unfolding of the process instead of just one chaotic structure.

We are apart and alone, as we must, but at least we are alone together.

In the darkest time, we are left alone to face the fate of life.

Wise men don't feel companionless when they are not in the company of their egos.

Time alone can nourish or erode our emotions.

Dedicate your life to solitude and mortify your members which are upon the earth.

Loneliness is your only companion.

Purity. Serenity... Solitude: What you ought to uphold. But the important thing is whether you believe it.

For few matters you need to be solo, for some matters you need soul mate and for many matters you need society,

hold company with yourself so sacredthat even when you are alone, you are whole.

Sometimes we find the sweetest solidarity in the midst of solitude.

Enjoy being with yourself, you will then not feel alone.

I long for the day when I hear the musicwithout any song.

The greatest solitude

If the world you created on your own is stronger than the real world, then the real world disappears and you stay alone with your own created world!

Live alone if staying together seems lifeless

I want to drown in my tears, And my tears are my prayers.

Those that would attain wisdom, prefer the empty stadium.Those who wish to appear wise, prefer it full.