Quotes about Isolation

Should we continue to look upwards Is the light we can see in the sky one of those which will presently be extinguished The ideal is terrifying to behold, lost as it is in the depths, small, isolated, a pin-point, brilliant but threatened on all sides by the dark forces that surround it nevertheless, no more in danger than a star in the jaws of the clouds. (Les Miserables)

It hardly ever attaches to any other sin except one, and is never heard from any organized group of people except one.

Focusing inward on our misery traps us in our own private dungeon, and we lock ourselves away from those richer interiors that provide the healing and wisdom we need.

Most of the time I live a fully anonymous life, which is the way I like it.

If only my heart were stone.

Surely there is no more wretched sight than the human body unloved

Surely there is no more wretched sight than the human body unloved and uncared for.

The essential American soul is hard, isolate, stoic, and a killer.

"Sometimes," said she, "I think that is my permanent feeling towards people. I like the world, the sky and the earth and the greater mystery beyond. But people—yes, they are all monkeys to me."

Victory has a thousand fathers, but defeat is an orphan.

Things could be worse is wearing thin. I'm exhausted. I'm confused. I am effectively talking to the air.

Truth is, instead of fixing everything, the Arcadia made everything real. Camellia's gone. Lark and Gabion are far away. Queenie's buried in a pauper's grave, and Briny's heart went there with her. He's lost his mind to whiskey, and he doesn't want to come back. Not even for me. Not even for Fern. We're not enough.