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Solitude Quotes

Words on the value of quiet, undisturbed time.

These solitude quotes describe the night as the best time for writing in silence, and argue for cultivating a few sincere friends over constant social noise. See related lines under Peace.

Solitude is better than the society of evil persons.

Quotes by Abu Bakr

Solitude can be used well by very few people. They who do must have a knowledge of the world to see the foolishness of it, and enough virtue to despise all the vanity.

Quotes by Abraham Cowley

What I need to write well is a combination of heat, light and solitude.

Quotes by A. S. Byatt

Your inner voice is the voice of divinity. To hear it, we need to be in solitude, even in crowded places.

Quotes by A. R. Rahman

Emotion Quotes

I can write best in the silence and solitude of the night, when everyone has retired.

Quotes by Zane Grey

Cultivate solitude and quiet and a few sincere friends, rather than mob merriment, noise and thousands of nodding acquaintances.

Quotes by William Powell

Half the pleasure of solitude comes from having with us some friend to whom we can say how sweet solitude is.

Quotes by William Jay

O solitude, where are the charms That sages have seen in thy face? Better dwell in the midst of alarms, Than reign in this horrible place.

Quotes by William Cowper

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...

Quotes by Washington Irving

Identity Quotes

There's a difference between solitude and loneliness. I can understand the concept of being a monk for a while.

Quotes by Tom Hanks

Be able to be alone. Lose not the advantage of solitude, and the society of thyself.

Quotes by Thomas Browne

I'm as much my own master as anyone can be, without being the master of others. I can write anywhere - all I need is a couple of hours of solitude and a computer, and I can write a chapter....

Quotes by Stuart Woods

One can acquire everything in solitude except character.

Quotes by Stendhal

There are days when solitude is a heady wine that intoxicates you with freedom, others when it is a bitter tonic, and still others when it is a poison that makes you beat your head against the wall.

Quotes by Sidonie Gabrielle Colette

Peace Quotes

For a writer, for the solitude to write, you don't need a room of your own, you need a house.

Quotes by Sandra Cisneros

Some people don't like long bus rides, but I love them. There's sort of a sense of solitude.

Quotes by Sam Hunt

What one writer can make in the solitude of one room is something no power can easily destroy.

Quotes by Salman Rushdie

We wrote verses that condemned us, with no hope of pardon, to the most bitter solitude.

Quotes by Salvatore Quasimodo

From the night, his solitude, the poet finds day and starts a diary that is lethal to the inert. The dark landscape yields a dialogue.

Quotes by Salvatore Quasimodo

Reflection Quotes

Retire at various times into the solitude of your own heart, even while outwardly engaged in discussions or transactions with others, and talk to God.

Quotes by Saint Francis de Sales

One entry playfully notes that being alone only becomes truly rewarding once there's a friend nearby to appreciate it with you. Continue with our Reflection quotes for more quiet, thoughtful lines.