Quotes by Solitude As 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. Carmen Dell'Orefice solitude girl personality I've always been drawn to solitude, felt a kind of luxurious relief in its self-generated pace and rhythms. Caroline Knapp relief solitude self On the broad spectrum of solitude, I lean toward the extreme end: I work alone, as well as live alone, so I can pass an entire day without uttering so much as a hello to another human being. Sometimes a day's conversation consists of only five words, uttered at the local Starbucks: 'Large coffee with milk, please. Caroline Knapp milk coffee solitude Solitude is a breeding ground for idiosyncrasy, and I relish that about it, the way it liberates whim. Caroline Knapp breeding solitude way I'm pretty social so it's hard for me to find solitude, but I need to have solitude to write. Catie Curtis solitude writing needs Here I am, a wild beast cut off from his companions. Chairil Anwar cutting solitude here-i-am Multitude, solitude: equal and interchangeable terms for the active and prolific poet. Charles Baudelaire crowds poet solitude What's agitating about solitude is the inner voice telling you that you should be mated to somebody, that solitude is a mistake. The inner voice doesn't care about who you find. It just keeps pestering you, tormenting you. Charles Baxter voice solitude mistake they simply never understand, do they, that sometimes solitude is one of the most beautiful things on earth? Charles Bukowski solitude earth beautiful I took no pride in my solitude; but I was dependent on it. The darkness of the room was like sunlight to me. Charles Bukowski solitude pride darkness Some of my poems indicate that I am writing while living alone after a split with a woman, and I've had many splits with women. I need solitude more often when I'm not writing than when I am. Charles Bukowski solitude writing needs That theatrical kind of virtue, which requires publicity for its stage, and an applauding world for its audience, could not be depended on, in the secrecy of solitude, or the retirement of a desert. Charles Caleb Colton desert solitude retirement Let those who would affect singularity with success first determine to be very virtuous, and they will be sure to be very singular. Charles Caleb Colton solitude loneliness firsts St. John of the Cross points out that the divine music can best be heard in solitude and silence. The sonorous music is not a physical sound that vibrates the eardrum but something transcending the senses. Physical solitude and silence remove the distracting noises that prevent us from hearing on deeper levels. Charles Cumming music solitude silence In the tumult of great events, solitude was what I hoped for. Now it is what I love. How is it possible to be contented with anything else when one has come face to face with history? Charles de Gaulle events solitude faces A multitude of people and yet solitude. Charles Dickens multitudes solitude people Isolation breeds conceit. Charles Dudley Warner conceit isolation solitude If there be a regal solitude, it is a sick-bed. How the patient lords it there! Charles Lamb bed sick solitude It is in lonely solitude that God delivers His best thoughts, and the mind needs to be still and quiet to receive them. Charles R. Swindoll solitude lonely mind Nor cell, nor chain, nor dungeon speaks to the murderer like the voice of solitude. Charles Robert Maturin voice cells solitude «23456789101112»
