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Quotes About Solitude

I absolutely relate to being alone in squalor, trying to come up with something adequate. I relate to that, and I've been known to crawl out of bed and drink out of a 2-liter bottle of Diet Coke.
~ Diablo Cody
In a household tragedy, you are very much aware of being alone. It is something that is possible to grasp, and that is why it hurts so much. Because you are alone. I know a little about this.
~ Per Petterson
And remember don't high post when you're far from home, and high posting when you're all alone.
~ Mos Def
I'm so accustomed to being alone.
~ Leighton Meester
Being alone is very difficult.
~ Yoko Ono
I don't like being alone.
~ Cristiano Ronaldo
Men, even when alone, lighten their labors by song, however rude it may be.
~ Quintilian
By all means use some time to be alone.
~ Edward Young
I would always be lonely, but no more alone.
~ Sonya Hartnett, Surrender
I just always wanted to be left alone to go into a creative space.
~ Randy Quaid
I hate being alone, even for 10 minutes.
~ Clare Balding
It's amazing living alone. I'm very lucky. It's like a refuge.
~ Paloma Faith
If you travel too often, you actually come face-to-face with what you're trying to escape. I feel like when I travel alone, sometimes it's like being locked in a hotel room with my own worst enemy.
~ Simon Van Booy
History is full of instances of people who challenged the mighty forces of evil and they were not only fighting a lonely battle but were left alone to die.
~ Asghar Ali Engineer
Sleeping alone seemed unnatural to me, and pitiful, something done in hospitals or when you're contagious.
~ Barbara Kingsolver
...being alone with him was like being in a room which someone had just violently left
~ John Banville
I need some isolation, it's necessary to me, that's just who I am. I need to be left alone.
~ Laura Marling
I simply adore being alone - I find it a consuming thirst - and when that thirst is slaked, then I am happy.
~ May Sarton
Moving makes you feel all alone inside.
~ Barbara Park
I want to be alone ... I just want to be alone.
~ William A. Drake
We're always alone. You can be in a crowded room and still feel the bite of loneliness. Personally, I find that it bites deepest whenever others are around.
~ Sherrilyn Kenyon
It's not living alone if you keep a rifle under the bed.
~ Chuck Palahniuk
As long as we have books, we are not alone.
~ Laura Bush
Feeling lonely and ignoble indicates that you haven't been patient.
~ Rumi