Quotes About Solitude

The birds have vanished down the sky. Now the last cloud drains away. We sit together, the mountain and me, until only the mountain remains.

I miss the days when I was alone with my characters and no one else knew them except me.

We're all on our own. Even when you're surrounded by people, or sharing a bed with a loving lover, you're alone.

Ever since she'd been living alone, she'd gone to bed with the television on; the comforting banality of the murmuring voices and flickering images warded off the feeling of terror that could sometimes overwhelm her.

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It was something to do with her sense of always feeling separate from everybody else, as if things that worried them couldn't possibly worry her, as if she were immune from the ordinariness of life.

There were breakfasts when Nick was away for work. She ate her toast in bed when he was away, relishing the romantic pain of missing him, as if he were a sailor or soldier. It was like enjoying feeling hungry when you knew you'd be having a huge dinner.

Desolate' was the most perfectly beautiful word for how she felt. Sometimes

As her mum always says, one of the advantages of being an only child is that you have no trouble amusing yourself.

How was she going to cope for ten days without instant answers to idle questions?

I should never be left alone with my mind for too long.

When the traveler goes alone he gets acquainted with himself.

Put me in the wild I be there for a while.

Do you mind living alone?" she asked. "I've tried it both ways," he replied, "and I know it can be a letdown to come home to an empty apartment, but now I have the Siamese to greet me at the door. They're good companions; they need me; they're always happy to see me come home. On the other hand, they're always glad to see me go out—one of the things that cats do to keep a person from feeling too important.

He stared at his hot chocolate like it held the secret to the universe.

The only place their voices were left was in my head. It was better than being alone but it was so, so lonely.

Lonely people talking to each other can make each other lonelier.

I am happy as happiness goes, for a woman who has so many memories and who lives the lonely life of an actress.

Somewhere nere Ogallala, about six hours into that majestic, maddening prairie, I realize that half an hour has passed since I've seen a vehicle in either direction. Oh, I think, as I finally see a pair of headlights draw nigh in the eastbound lane, so this must be where the West begins.

Can we have one day when we don't have to talk about the meaning of life? -I don't think we ever talk about anything else.

For me, other people are the point, but other people can disappear.

Remember we're all in this alone.

We are all in this together, by ourselves.

We're all in this alone.