Quotes about Solitude

Rawlins was carried again to Cardiff, to a loathsome prison in the town, called Cockmarel, where he passed his time in prayer, and in the singing of Psalms.

To one who has been long in city pent,'Tis very sweet to look into the fairAnd open face of heaven.

Forlorn! the very word is like a bellTo toll me back from thee to my sole self!

Great men are like eagles, and build their nest on some lofty solitude

God is solitary in His excellency. "Who is like unto thee, O LORD, among the gods? who is like thee, glorious in holiness, fearful in praises, doing wonders?" (Exo 15:11).

The first six years I was kept totally alone. The last six years I had two people staying in the house. The first six years really trained me very well.

I didn't feel the need for anonymous affection, for people in the dark applauding. To me, it would be like writing a novel and then getting up every night and reading your novel.

There is no short cut, no patent tram-road, to wisdom: after all the centuries of invention, the soul's path lies through the thorny wilderness which must be still trodden in solitude, with bleeding feet, with sobs for help, as it was trodden by them of old time.

There is a fine line between loneliness and independence.

When grief is deepest, words are fewest.

What a joy to know where one is, and where one will stay, without being there. Nothing to do but stretch out comfortably on the rack, in the blissful knowledge you are nobody for all eternity. A pity I should have to give tongue at the same time, it prevents it from bleeding in peace, licking the lips.

I think sometimes if you are alone, you are freer because your time is your own.