Quotes about Solitude

I have fled my country and gone to the heather.

In all of England, I do not believe that I could have fixed on a situation so completely removed from the stir of society. A perfect misanthropist's Heaven

The longer he stood, the plainer his reflections revealed their blackness through his features.

It is strange people should be so greedy when they are alone in the world!

Be with me always, Take any form, Drive me mad, only don't leave me in this abyss where I cannot find you

You have left me so long to struggle against death alone, that I feel and see only death! I feel like death!

This is certainly a beautiful country!  In all England, I do not believe that I could have fixed on a situation so completely removed from the stir of society. 

How often am I to call you? There are only a few red ashes now. Joseph! come this moment.' Vigorous puffs, and a resolute stare into the grate, declared he had no ear

The grey church looked greyer, and the lonely church looked lonelier.

I am now quite content in my seeking pleasure in society be it country or town, a sensible man ought to find sufficient company in himself.

I don't go to parties in general.

Each of us needs an opportunity to be alone and silent, or even, indeed, to find space in the day or in the week, just to reflect and to listen to the voice of God that speaks deep within us. . . . In fact, our search for God is only our response to his search for us. He knocks at our door, but for many people, their lives are too preoccupied for them to be able to hear. — Cardinal Basil Hume