Quotes About Isolation

he seemed to see himself as a king barricaded in his castle, with thousands of soldiers in the battlement, the sights of their rifles trained on potential intruders.

The lonely become either thoughtful or empty.

It was a stunning blow to learn that there was no warrant for my arrest, much less an international all-points bulletin. I had lived for years like a hunted animal, while no one at all was looking for me, not even back home. That's injustice for you.

E accanto a loro, per terra, Hilmer stava piangendo. Avrebbe voluto essere in grado di lasciare quella stanza, ma era impossibile. Non aveva più forze, la sua unica possibilità era di seguire Fors. Perché questo è il destino degli invisibili: si possono muovere solo quando pensiamo a loro.

To other people, it sometimes seems like nothing at all. You are walking around with your head on fire and no one can see the flames.

It's better to be alone than be in a bad company. If something is meant to be, it will

If you were stranded on an island, what 3 things would you bring with you?

Imagine if you had to be completely self-sufficient (not just pretending, like Thoreau).

Only towards the edge of its range, on an isolated island, or in a remote valley or on a lonely hill top, does natural selection occasionally cause part of a species to morph into something different

The sin of acedia is cutting ourselves off from the rest of the universe, cutting ourselves off from... really, the music of the universe... We cut ourselves off from that and we ourselves are listless and without music.

People who struggle with overwhelming emotions often feel vulnerable. At any point, the smallest trigger can lead to a tidal wave of emotions that leaves them feeling confused, angry, alone, hopeless, and in pain.

He arrived to find that she'd left, discovering then that he was all alone. Even the birds had gone. They'd abandoned their nest on the windowsill, and he was somehow certain that they'd never come back.

believes the world is against him. Nothing

Surprises, like misfortunes, seldom come alone.

the city usually only dulled and interrupted him. He required quiet, and to keep himself to himself, more than any writer he'd known. He was a shy beast who loved his burrow.

The boundary between being an exile and being mad seemed to be a fine one... losing one's rightful place in the world could mean losing one's mind.

Lo giorno se n'andava - Day was departing... Dante slows his deliberation as he prepares to enter the infernal realms for the first time: ... e io sol uno - and only I alone... -how lonely he felt! He has to say it three times! io, sol, uno... m'apparecchiava a sostener la guerra, sì del cammino e sì de la pietate.

Some people might think that the smartest way to guarantee their own well-being is to isolate themselves from others and to work hard at their own happiness, without consideration for what other people are experiencing. They probably assume that if everybody did that, we'd all be happy. But the result would be exactly the opposite: instead of being happy, they would be torn between hope and fear, make their own lives miserable, and ruin the lives of the people around them too.

I was sunk. I couldn't get any news, and Hawthorne kept chewing me up. So, trying to make up for the stories I was missing, I started spending hours in the document room. The other boys never go in there. It's just a morgue for papers. What kind of papers? Oh, papers filed by citizens having court troubles - complaints, countercomplaints, bills of particulars, suits for damages. You have to dig to find one with a story in it.

Depression settled down upon her, and although she tried to brush it away it thickened like a fog. ...But she felt lonely and deserted and futile. A mood like this has to be fought...

It was like the entire world was colluding to make me feel insane, and it was doing a really good job.

It's been a long week," Nate said. "Don't leave again. Don't leave me with these people." "Which people?" "Any people." "I don't count as people?" "Of course not," he said. "It's been all feelings and love. I want to go back to numbness and avoidance. You're great at that stuff.

I felt so alone on that train... a weird, unnatural kind of alone that bore into me. It was feeling just beyond fear and somewhere to the left of sadness.

I live alone, Knud said, and I work alone, but I am never truly alone. I do my ancestor's work. I live the entire history of my country and people.