Quotes About Solitude

A me interessavano di più le storie della chimica solitaria, inerme e appiedata, a misura d'uomo, che con poche eccezioni è stata la mia: ma è stata anche la chimica dei fondatori, che non lavoravano in équipe ma soli, in mezzo all'indifferenza del loro tempo, per lo più senza guadagno, e affrontavano la materia senza aiuti, col cervello e con le mani, con la ragione e la fantasia.

I talk to myself a lot, but it seldom does any good. I'm a tense kid. I know it. But I have good reason to be tense.

HOUSE OF MIRRORS. REFLECT BEFORE YOU ENTER. NO ONE MAY EVER SEE YOU AGAIN!

No one with a book is ever alone, even in the darkest moments.

She looked back to see Sam standing there at the edge of the strip of sunlight inside Common Grounds, staring after her with an expression on his face like he'd lost his best- his only friend.

We can be lonely together

He lives alone and makes his bed? Who does that?

He'd been happier in abandoned places, so long as they were quiet and had enough light to read by.

He and his mother weren't close and never had been, really. In this, as in so much else in his life, Jess was alone

You know, sweetheart, the thing I most regret is that we never got to have that house by the lake that you and I talked about so often. It sounds like paradise, doesn't it? I can almost see it, you sitting on the porch in the moonlight, watching the lake at night. That image gives me peace. I hope you're not sharing it with anyone else but me.

Those who dwell among the beauties and mysteries of the earth are never alone or weary of life.

Writing is a lonely occupation at best. Of course there are stimulating and even happy associations with friends and colleagues, but during the actual work of creation the writer cuts himself off from all others and confronts his subject alone. He* moves into a realm where he has never been before — perhaps where no one has ever been. It is a lonely place, even a little frightening.

You are wise enough to understand that being "a little lonely" is not a bad thing. A writer's occupation is one of the loneliest in the world, even if the loneliness is only an inner solitude and isolation, for that he must have at times if he is to be truly creative. And so I believe only the person who knows and is not afraid of loneliness should aspire to be a writer. But there are also rewards that are rich and peculiarly satisfying.

But I know the difference. Everyone else is a ghost. I exist here alone, stranded by choice. Deserted.

He can act a bit loner-ish, but I think he's some serial killer waiting to happen; he's just his own best company sometimes. And he's comfortable with that. I guess there's nothing wrong with that.

Books. I'd probably spend all my time alone and lost in books if I could. It's easier that way.

His absence is time gained to spool my un-truths.

There's an alone that calls out for rescue—but this appeared to be an alone that wanted to be left alone.

Without Laura here, food is the only thing I love that loves me back.

He can sometimes act a bit loner-ish, but I think that's not because he's some serial killer waiting to happen; he's just his own best company sometimes. And he's comfortable with that. I guess there's nothing wrong with that.

It seemed weird to me that he'd spent his Christmas alone Ã¢â'¬Â¦ and had seemed to like it. He hadn't seemed to think anyone should feel sorry for him about that, either.

Being alone has nothing to do with how many people are around"? From Richard Yates's Revolutionary Road

In the future, I decided I would tackle the solitude thing more enthusiastically, so long as solitude meant I could also walk in the park and pet a few dogs and pass them treats.

Being alone has nothing to do with how many people are around