Quotes about Solitude

I, who cannot stay in my chamber for a single day without acquiring some rust, and when sometimes I have stolen forth for a walk at the eleventh hour of four o'clock in the afternoon, too late to redeem the day, when the shades of night were already beginning to be mingled with the daylight, have felt as if I had committed some sin to be atoned for.

Any man more right than his neighbors constitutes a majority of one.

I would rather sit on a pumpkin, and have it all to myself, than be crowded on a velvet cushion.

I know you'll never love me but maybe you'll stay for awhile.

A book is good company. It is full of conversation without loquacity. It comes to your longing with full instruction, but pursues you never.

The secret of praying is praying in secret.

May we have communion with God in the secret of our hearts, and find Him to be to us as a little sanctuary.

I dont work with collectives. I don't consult, i don't co-operate, I don't collaborate.

Gee, its lonesome in the outfield. It's hard to keep awake with nothing to do.

Emptiness where you wouldn't expect it speaks to you.

The myth of my solitude makes me laugh.

He imagined them sitting somewhere, just enjoying each other's company, her head on his chest, his arm around her. And he realized how desperately lonely he had become.