Quotes about Solitude
I would rather sit on a pumpkin, and have it all to myself, than be crowded on a velvet cushion.
— Henry David Thoreau
I know you'll never love me but maybe you'll stay for awhile.
— Henry Rollins
A book is good company. It is full of conversation without loquacity. It comes to your longing with full instruction, but pursues you never.
— Henry Ward Beecher
The secret of praying is praying in secret.
— Leonard Ravenhill
May we have communion with God in the secret of our hearts, and find Him to be to us as a little sanctuary.
— Charles Spurgeon
I dont work with collectives. I don't consult, i don't co-operate, I don't collaborate.
— Ayn Rand
Gee, its lonesome in the outfield. It's hard to keep awake with nothing to do.
— Babe Ruth
Emptiness where you wouldn't expect it speaks to you.
— Steven James
The myth of my solitude makes me laugh.
— Pope Benedict XVI
He imagined them sitting somewhere, just enjoying each other's company, her head on his chest, his arm around her. And he realized how desperately lonely he had become.
— Tim LaHaye
Everyone ends up moving alone towards the self
— Nadine Gordimer
The solitude of writing is also quite frightening. It's quite close to madness, one just disappears for a day and loses touch.
— Nadine Gordimer