Quotes About Seclusion

What do you do, gentlemen, when you place a man in solitude? You isolate him.

The big weekend rush is on. The big city emptying itself out at once. Just a skeleton crew left to keep it going until Monday morning. Everybody getting out - everybody but me, everybody but those who are coming here for me tonight. We're going to have the whole damned town to ourselves. ("New York Blues")

There in seclusion and remote from men The wizard hand lies cold, Which at its topmost speed let fall the pen, And left the tale half told. Ah! who shall lift that wand of magic power, And the lost clew regain? The unfinished window in Aladdin's tower Unfinished must remain!

I take great care of myself by carefully shutting myself away.

inside the Honda, shutting the

To be free is often to be lonely.

A good many things go around in the dark besides Santa Claus.

I don't think you ever gave isolation a real shot. It's the best preparation I know of for death.

Her great bed had been moved in, and the walls hung with thick tapestries to exclude any noise or sunshine or fresh air. They had put rushes down on the floor with rosemary for scent, and lavender for relief. They had moved all the other furniture out of the room except for one chair and table for the midwife. Anne was expected to stay in bed for one whole month. They had lit a fire although it was midsummer and the room was stifling.

The latrine is an oasis of peace.

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

I would die of lonely.

I do not wish to shine. I prefer shadows, quiet, periods of solitude. I do not wish to be noticed. If one is all but invisible to others, one cannot be envied, inspire anger or suspicion. Near invisibility is a way of life that I recommend.

The island is Ringrock

That and loneliness.

You can have privacy and tranquility up there, too, but also a sort of neighborhood.

ROOM FOR SECRETS

We are very private, so we decided from early on that we will keep the press and editors and everybody out of our house.

I think that the elites have lived too long among themselves.

She jerked the drapes shut, closing him out. Barricading

shut the door behind u...........

my eye lest I be invaded by

I keep a very low profile in Switzerland. There are only about 2,000 people in the village I live in, so it's a quiet town.

The virtue of privacy is one that must be protected in matters that are intimate and within one's own family.