Solitary Quotes

The whole conviction of my life now rests upon the belief that loneliness, far from being a rare and curious phenomenon, is the central and inevitable fact of human existence.

Simply wait, be quiet, still The world will freely offer itself to you.

Theater going is a communal act, movie going a solitary one.

Despite my solitary life, I have found infinite joy in books and writing, and am by far too much interested in the affairs of the world to quit the scene before Nature shall claim me.

A smoke in times of rest is a great companion to the solitary soldier.

Incessant company is as bad as solitary confinement.

Inspiration is solitary, never consecutive.

A solitary being is by instinct a wanderer.

With one long breath, caught and held in his chest, he fought his sadness over his solitary life. Don't cry, you idiot! Live or die, but don't poison everything.

I come to my solitary woodland walk as the homesick go home.

The worth of a life is not determined by a single failure or a solitary success.

Writing is a solitary occupation.

No one can sum up all God is able to accomplish through one solitary life, wholly yielded, adjusted, and obedient to Him.

You will be melancholy, if you are solitary.

The writing life is essentially one of solitary confinement - if you can't deal with this, you needn't apply.

Composition has almost always been solitary.

Solitude is nothing that one can choose or retrain from. We are solitary. We can delude ourselves about this and act as if it were not true. That is all.

The bible knows nothing of solitary religion.

A solitary laugh is often a laugh of superiority.

The artist after all is a solitary being.

The vain being is the really solitary being.

Always go to the solitary drinker for the truth!

I am solitary as grass. What is it I miss? Shall I ever find it, whatever it is?

Have you ever been lonely? No, neither have I. Solitary, yes. Alone, certainly. But lonely means minding about being on your own. I've never minded about it.

The world is a prison in which solitary confinement is preferable.