The capacity to be alone is a sign of emotional maturity. - D.W. Winnicott

"The capacity to be alone is a sign of emotional maturity."

D.W. Winnicott Solitude

Psychoanalyst British 1896–1971

More from D.W. Winnicott

"It is a healthy condition for a mature woman to live her sex life with a man, whereas for her to be frigid is, as a rule, a misfortune."

"The mother's main task is to protect the infant from trauma."

"Playing is doing."

"Healthy individuals are creative."

"Sometimes being the best means being the loneliest."

"Solitude gives us time to reflect on what matters"

"I'm not good with people, never have been."

"I feel like I'm disappearing."