1,686 Quotes About Solitude

In solitude, listen to your heart, for at that moment, it speaks nothing but the truth.

He who doesn't love solitude will never be free from the tyrrany of social expectations.

Was he a content man, doing the things he liked alone? Or was he a lonely man making the best out of what he had? Alone, or lonely? This question cropped up so often these days, Chris could no longer be confident of his answer. Though if he was a betting man, his money would be on lonely.

People are like icebergs. You only see what's on the surface.

There is a veil between you and God. Thoughts are like embroidery on that veil. People are doing more and more embroidery on your veil and making it more and more obscure.

Words touch him in ways, this air, this water, this earth haven't been able to. They touch him in ways only something like love or heartache can do. Something miniscule in the air erupts into something too large for his vision to comprehend. On the surface of his skin, goosebumps sprout, while he watches them rising in wonder. Unable to bear the lightness with which that music carries dense spirits of something as intangible as time, he glides away from the rock and flees from the song.

Alone, but safe and sound.

The work to be done will be that of a true author, a true artist. It will be done alone.

All islands need some sort of connection, even the great ones.