Quotes About Solitude

In this age of crowds in which I have determined to be a solitary, perhaps the greatest sin would be to lament the presence of people on the threshold of my solitude.

What's the most popular pastime in America? Autoeroticism, hands down.

I was sleeping the other night, alone, thanks to the exterminator.

If men knew how women pass the time when they are alone, they'd never marry.

Women need real moments of solitude and self-reflection to balance out how much of ourselves we give away.

Distance seems to be bad for some but not for me. It gives solitude and space. It tests patience, endurance and faith. It proves the real worth of someone as it scales the value of a person.

Some days can be cruel and some nights can be unkind when you're missing that one special person.

I keep myself busy with the things I do. But every time I pause, I still think of you.

When nights are long and friends are few, I sit alone and think of you. With a lonely heart and a silent tear, I long to hold you and have you near...

I can't forgive my friends for dying; I don't find these vanishing acts of theirs at all amusing.

The worst solitude is to be destitute of sincere friendship.

Life without a friend is death without a witness.

Absence -- that common cure of love.

He who does not enjoy solitude will not love freedom.

Most people say that love hurts. I say that loneliness hurts more ...

When you're gone, the pieces of my heart are missing you. When you're gone, the face I came to know is missing too. When you're gone, the words I need to hear to always get me through the day and make it okay. I miss you

Weeds grew, and I ignored my chores, while the cat worried her tail of its most plumescent fur. I saw my body, white as tallow, my face framed by colorless hair, noted my appetites, then put them aside, walked and walked to wear it all away.

I'd rather live at peace and be lonely than live in the midst of crowds and have people hate me.

I'd rather live at peace and be lonely than live in the midst of crowds and have people hate me. That way I can make sure that only the ones who trust me will come to visit.

Since I've been living in the forest I don't notice myself getting older. There's nobody there to draw my attention to it, after all. Nobody tells me how I look, and I never give it a thought myself.

Ich habe mich nie nachts im Wald gefürchtet, während ich in der Stadt immer ängstlich war. Warum das so war, weiß ich nicht, wahrscheinlich weil ich nie daran dachte, daß ich auch im Wald auf Menschen treffen konnte

Ich liebe die Blumen noch mehr als die Tiere, weil sie stumm sind, nicht umherspringen können und mich nicht stören in meinen fruchtlosen manischen Gedanken.

You could have a family of one and still drive them apart.

Can people do that? Can people want to be with someone all the time, okay most of the time and yet also wish they were alone? And not in little compartments but at once? At the same time? All the time? I want to be alone but I need not to be.