Quotes About Solitude

The rare few, who, early in life have rid themselves of the friendship of the many.

Friendship needs no words - it is solitude delivered from the anguish of loneliness.

I never found the companion that was so companionable as solitude

Only solitary men know the full joys of friendship. Others have their family; but to a solitary and an exile his friends are everything

Do not allow yourself to be imprisoned by any affection. Keep your solitude. The day, if it ever comes, when you are given true affection there will be no opposition between interior solitude and friendship, quite the reverse. It is even by this infallible sign that you will recognize it

Writing is a solitary occupation. Family, friends, and society are the natural enemies of the writer. He must be alone, uninterrupted, and slightly savage if he is to sustain and complete an undertaking

Go cherish your soul; express companions; set your habits to a life of solitude; then will the faculties rise fair and full within

We call that person who has lost his father, an orphan; and a widower that man who has lost his wife. But that man who has known the immense unhappiness of losing a friend, by what name do we call him? Here every language is silent and holds its peace in impotence.

Who needs friends I stand alone.

That perfect tranquillity of life, which is nowhere to be found but in retreat, a faithful friend and a good library

I grew up in New Hampshire. My closest neighbor was a mile away. The deer and the raccoons were my friends. So I would spend time walking through the woods, looking for the most beautiful tropical thing that can survive the winter in the woods in New Hampshire.

I was a loner and never hung out with anyone. I never had any friends.

I have no friends and I never leave my house.

He who hath many friends hath none.

My friends, there are no friends.

A peaceful solitude is better than a chaotic company.

I quit, I give up, nothing's good enough for anybody else, it see... when I'm all alone it's best way to be. When I'm by myself nobody else can say good-bye. Everything is temporary anyway.

One of those days where I want to curl up into a ball and forget about the world.

Stop the world I wanna get off.

I wish I could lay down with you and forget about the rest of the world. It'll be just both of us.

The holiest of all holidays are those kept by ourselves in silence and apart; the secret anniversaries of the heart.

I used to be afraid of being alone. Now am more afraid being around the wrong people.

Solitude is achieved when one is living in a state unaffected by or away from disagreeable people.

If you find peace in being alone, harmony in a relationship may find you. Without that peace and appreciation with being alone you open the door to wrong ones for the sake of companionship. Let those who come into your world add to your peace, not take away from it.