1,686 Quotes About Solitude

The sweetest thing in life is to be alone, as you were born, as you will die, soaking in the sun, knowing that you put the cactus in the right place, that you don't need someone to come along and compliment your work, that someone who did that would, in fact, just be getting in the way.

Suddenly, one day, out of nowhere, an enormous abyss opened up beneath our feet and I was staring into a face I didn't recognize.

To live in solitude means to relinquish all expectations about life. The only surprise in solitude is death.

Writing is no more than wending a way in an attempt to restore all of the paths that had been cut-short, headed off at the pass, de-railed, even if worded byways are more dangerous than wooded paths, even if the way of writing is ill-lit, and most of all braced by the uncertainty of solitary passage.

Your soul feels lonely not when you lack company, but when you lack the cause.

I understood that the most beautiful, dangerous, adventurous and gratifying journeys of all is the one inside yourself, whether you're sitting in the living room or under a canopy here in Budelli. That's why staying at home and doing nothing can be really hard for many.

Spend time with yourself. It is where everything begins. It is in this serene space of solitude that you will find clarity, peace and direction. .

In isolation you just lose the company but don't lose the purpose.

Distance means so little, when life means so much.