Quotes About Solitude

It is quiet at home today. I got my wisdom tooth extracted.

Give me a life time by the fire, with a book in my hand, nothing more and I will tell you a great story.

Solitude is the path to visit yourself, it is the path to yourself!

Solitude is not a port to drop anchor, but only a port to rest for a while!

In times of solitude, we are still to hear the voice of God.

I love books. I love that moment when you can open one and sink into it. You can escape from the world, into a story that's way more interesting than yours will ever be.

There must be quite a few things that a hot bath won't cure, but I don't know many of them.

Women need solitude in order to find again the true essence of themselves.

Convent - a place of retirement for women who wish for leisure to meditate upon the sin of idleness.

Boxing is a lonely sport.

You can be a little lonely because it's an individual sport.

It must be very daunting being an individual sportsman.

There's always a spot for rest, and I find a way.

I don't like to be in the spotlight. I like to just chill and observe other people.

I'm not a guy who needs the spotlight. It's not something I have to have. I'm content to sit at home.

I don't live with earplugs. I don't like the spotlight - but I like overhearing conversations.

I don't very much care for the spotlight.

I have taken a break from the media spotlight for the past few years.

If I can just live further from the spotlight I think that'll be better for all really.

When I am not on the stage, it is always very difficult for the public to find me! I am a private person who does not always want to be in the spotlight!

I kind of got out of the spotlight and life's never been this good.

Writing by myself, I spread that out more. I'll spend more time on a song then. I'm more critical about it, because there's no one else in the room to tell me, 'That's really not translating. I'm not getting what you're saying.' So, I'm constantly rewriting it, thinking, 'No, that's fine,' and going back.

It's important to have a place where you can recharge. Everybody's is different, but I do think it should entail quiet because it needs to be where you hear your spirit most clearly. For me, that's the prayer room in my apartment. And since my home is 700 square feet, I mean the coat closet near the front door.

It's a cliche, but true, that writing is intensely solitary and at times really lonely. I sit in one room and talk to squirrels and blue jays all day.