Quotes about solitude
Welcome to our Solitude collection, a contemplative journey into the sanctuary of self, the whispers of introspection, and the beauty of finding solace in the stillness. In this curated compilation of quotes, we explore the concept of solitude, celebrating its serenity, the insights it brings, and the way it nurtures our connection with the inner world.
Solitude is more than being alone; it's a sacred space where we recharge, reflect, and commune with our thoughts and emotions. Our Solitude quotes honor the wisdom gained from moments of quiet, the empowerment that arises from self-discovery, and the balance that solitude introduces into the rhythm of life.
Whether you're drawn to the tranquility of empty spaces, intrigued by the art of mindfulness, or simply captivated by the notion of reconnecting with the self, these quotes offer insights into the transformative power and the soul-enriching aspects of solitude.
Embark on a journey that embraces the art of slowing down, the musings that arise when the noise of the world recedes, and the beauty of embracing your own company. Discover the stories of epiphanies born from solitude, the introspective paths that lead to personal growth, and the harmony that comes from cultivating a peaceful relationship with oneself.
Joyce Carol Oates
— AuthorMy life is a very interior and solitary life. I tend not to care that much about external things.
Jorge Luis Borges
— WriterI cannot walk through the suburbs in the solitude of the night without thinking that the night pleases us because it suppresses idle details, just as our memory does.
Flora Thompson
— NovelistCandleford Green was but a small village and there were fields and meadows and woods all around it. As soon as Laura crossed the doorstep, she could see some of these. But mere seeing from a distance did not satisfy her; she longed to go alone far into the fields and hear the birds singing, the brooks tinkling, and the wind rustling through the corn, as she had when a child. To smell things and touch things, warm earth and flowers and grasses, and to stand and gaze where no one could see her, drinking it all in.
M. F. K. Fisher
— Pioneering Food WriterIn general, I think, human beings are happiest at table when they are very young, very much in love or very alone.
Will Ferrell
— American actor, comedian, producer, and writerOftentimes, even as a little kid, I would get up before anyone else. My brother would still be sleeping, my mom would still be sleeping, so I would literally play 'Monopoly' by myself. I would play board games; I would do things by myself.
Peter Robinson
— British-born Canadian crime writerI think writers have to be able to enjoy solitude rather than just endure it. I've always enjoyed being left alone with my imagination, ever since I was a kid.
Renee Jones
— American dramatic actressBeing single isn't the cause of loneliness, and marriage is not necessarily the cure. There are many lonely married people as well.
Whitney Houston
— American singer and actressWhen I decided to be a singer, my mother warned me I'd be alone a lot. Basically we all are. Loneliness comes with life.
Laurel Nakadate
— American feminist video artist, filmmaker, and photographerA lot of people have said that the main thread in my work is loneliness or just wanting to create a world with someone who doesn't really have much in their life, so maybe I'm looking for someone who's lonely and wants to try to create something with me as a subject for my videos.
Aisling Bea
— Irish actor, stand-up comedian and writerFor me, loneliness comes from being your own worst enemy. In not being able to trust your head sometimes, and what it’s going to do next. That’s a wound and a gift.
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
— Colombian novelist, short-story writer, screenwriter, and journalistThe secret of a good old age is simply an honorable pact with solitude.
Ian Fleming
— British writer, journalist and naval intelligence officerLoneliness becomes a lover, solitude a darling sin.
Herman Melville
— American novelist, short story writerHow feeble is all language to describe the horrors we inflict upon these wretches, whom we mason up in the cells of our prisons, and condemn to perpetual solitude in the very heart of our population.
Carmen Dell'Orefice
— American supermodel and actressAs a model, I didn't have an identity; I was a chameleon, a silent actress. I was an amorphous thing. I wasn't full of personality, I was full of solitude and solemnity. I wasn't a cover-girl type.
Alexander Pope
— English poet, translator, and satirist of the Augustan periodWholesome solitude, the nurse of sense!
Allen Ginsberg
— American poet and writerThe weight of the world is love. Under the burden of solitude, under the burden of dissatisfaction.
Yves Saint Laurent
— French fashion designerI'd really like to be in closer contact with life. I'm a little too distant, I guess. I like to place myself outside.
Ana Ivanovic
— Serbian AthleteBefore a match, I need to be alone. I need to reach concentration and focus on the game ahead of me.
Joyce Carol Oates
— AuthorWriting is the most solitary of arts.
M. F. K. Fisher
— Pioneering Food WriterThe things men come to eat when they are alone are, I suppose, not much stranger than the men themselves.... A writer years ago told me of living for five months on hen mash.
Laurel Nakadate
— American feminist video artist, filmmaker, and photographerA lot of people think that my work is about mocking or making fun of things, but a lot of it is about discomfort and making myself as uncomfortable as the men feel, or putting myself in a situation where I'm revealing my loneliness as much as they're revealing theirs.
Aisling Bea
— Irish actor, stand-up comedian and writerLoneliness comes from being your own worst enemy
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
— Colombian novelist, short-story writer, screenwriter, and journalistShe felt so old, so worn out, so far away from the best moments of her life that she even yearned for those that she remembered as the worst… Her heart of compressed ash, which had resisted the most telling blows of daily reality without strain, fell apart with the first waves of nostalgia. The need to feel sad was becoming a vice as the years eroded her. She became human in her solitude.
Herman Melville
— American novelist, short story writerWhen I think of this life I have led; the desolation of solitude it has been; the masoned, walled-town of a Captain's exclusiveness, which admits but small entrance to any sympathy from the green country without - oh, weariness! heaviness! Guinea-coast slavery of solitary command!
Joyce Carol Oates
— AuthorNot to be alone. To be spared the possibility of knowing oneself, in aloneness.
M. F. K. Fisher
— Pioneering Food WriterBut if I must be alone, I refuse to be alone as if it were something weak and distasteful, like convalescence.
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
— Colombian novelist, short-story writer, screenwriter, and journalistHe really had been through death, but he had returned because he could not bear the solitude.
Yves Saint Laurent
— French fashion designerI live in solitude. I have need of solitude to do the next day's work. I can't be to parties where the noise tires me. I can't speak on the telephone. I must have complete calm.
Joyce Carol Oates
— AuthorIf you are a writer you locate yourself behind a wall of silence and no matter what you are doing, driving a car or walking or doing housework you can still be writing, because you have that space.
M. F. K. Fisher
— Pioneering Food Writer... living out of sight of any shore does rich and powerfully strange things to humans.
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
— Colombian novelist, short-story writer, screenwriter, and journalistMore than mother and son, they were accomplices in solitude.
Joyce Carol Oates
— AuthorAs a farm girl, even when I was quite young, I had my 'farm chores' - but I had time also to be alone, to explore the fields, woods and creek side. And to read.
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
— Colombian novelist, short-story writer, screenwriter, and journalistIn the end all books are written for your friends. The problem after writing One Hundred Years of Solitude was that now I no longer know whom of the millions of readers I am writing for; this upsets and inhibits me. It's like a million eyes are looking at you and you don't really know what they think.
Joyce Carol Oates
— AuthorWriting is a solitary occupation, and one of its hazards is loneliness. But an advantage of loneliness is privacy, autonomy and freedom.
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
— Colombian novelist, short-story writer, screenwriter, and journalistBut he only found her in the image that saturated his private and terrible solitude.
Joyce Carol Oates
— AuthorProbably nothing serious or worthwhile can be accomplished without one's willingness to be alone for sustained periods of time, which is not to say that one must live alone, obsessively.
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
— Colombian novelist, short-story writer, screenwriter, and journalistBoth looked back then on the wild revelry...and they lamented that it had cost them so much of their lives to find the paradise of shared solitude.
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
— Colombian novelist, short-story writer, screenwriter, and journalistLost in the solitude of his immense power, he began to lose direction.