Wouldn't you like to have comrades?' But she would not like that. She wanted only to rest and to read her old, rain-swollen books, turning the pages carefully, so carefully.
People who abhor solitude may abhor company almost as much.
The sorrow for the dead is the only sorrow from which we refuse to be divorced. Every other wound we seek to heal - every other affliction to forget: but this wound we consider it a duty to keep open - this affliction we cherish and brood over in solitude.
There are few places you can find silence. Air travel could be the last fortress of solitude.
Friendship needs no words - it is solitude delivered from the anguish of loneliness.
During my solitude, conflicting thoughts increased; but much exercise of soul had the effect of causing the scriptures to gain complete ascendancy over me.
It is a mistake to fancy that horror is associated inextricably with darkness, silence, and solitude.
Alone let him constantly meditate in solitude on that which is salutary for his soul, for he who meditates in solitude attains supreme bliss.
A creation of importance can only be produced when its author isolates himself, it is a child of solitude.
Whosoever is delighted in solitude is either a wild beast or a god.
Solitude begets whimsies.
Language... has created the word 'loneliness' to express the pain of being alone. And it has created the word 'solitude' to express the glory of being alone.
Our language has wisely sensed the two sides of being alone. It has created the word loneliness to express the pain of being alone. And it has created the word solitude to express the glory of being alone.
Loneliness expresses the pain of being alone and solitude expresses the glory of being alone.
Loneliness is such an omnipotent and painful threat to many persons that they have little conception of the positive values of solitude and even, at times, are frightened at the prospect of being alone.
I hold this to be the highest task for a bond between two people: that each protects the solitude of the other.
Solitude is the place where we can connect with profound bonds that are deeper than the emergency bonds of fear and anger.
Trucking-company terminals are places where paperwork gets filled out, driving orders are given, and partners are assigned. They can often be social hubs for drivers, breaking up the monotony and solitude they face on the road.
If you're constantly stimulated by being called away to the buzzing and the excitement of what's on your phone, solitude seems kind of scary.