Quotes about Solitude
Through all my punishments, disgraces, fasts, and vigils, and other penitential performances, I had nursed this assurance; and to my communing so much with it, in a solitary and unprotected way, I in great part refer the fact that I was morally timid and very sensitive.
— Charles Dickens
It's better to be unhappy alone than unhappy with someone - so far.
— Marilyn Monroe
In the ages since Adam's marriage, it has been good for some men to be alone, and for some women also.
— George Eliot
Wolves travel in packs, but the fiercest travel alone.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
Sometimes the idea of living as a hermit appeals to all of us. No demands, no needs, no pain, no disappointments. But that is because we have been hurt, are worn out.
— John Eldredge
The strongest man in the world is the man who stands alone.
— Thomas Henry Huxley
One travels more usefully when alone, because he reflects more.
— Thomas Jefferson
Solitude is not something you must hope for in the future. Rather, it is a deepening of the present, and unless you look for it in the present you will never find it.
— Thomas Merton
Solitude is a way to defend the spirit against the murderous din of our materialism.
— Thomas Merton
But she is happiest alone. She is happiest alone.
— Oscar Wilde
On this road there are no godspoke men. They are gone and I am left and they have taken with them the world.
— Cormac McCarthy
My perfect day is sitting in a room with some blank paper. That's heaven. That's gold and anything else is just a waste of time.
— Cormac McCarthy