Solitude Quotes
The difference between being alone and being lonely. Quotes about the richness of your own company.
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"I would rather be a single sycamore among the willow trees."Marianne Moore
"The greatest thing in the world is to know how to belong to oneself."Edna St. Vincent Millay
"Solitude is the soil in which genius is cultivated."Edna St. Vincent Millay
"Solitude is valuable, but connection gives life its deepest meaning."Charlotte Perkins Gilman
"I find myself torn between the desire for solitude and the hunger for connection."Amy Lowell
"Silence can be as eloquent as speech, if we learn to listen."Amy Lowell
"To be alone is not to be lonely; to be surrounded yet unseen is true solitude."Fannie Hurst
"It is the celestial ennui of the apartments."Wallace Stevens
"In my room, the world is beyond my understanding."Wallace Stevens
"Solitude is not loneliness; it is the company of one's own thoughts."Kate Chopin
"Loneliness and solitude are not the same; one is imposed, the other is chosen."Mary Wilkins Freeman
"A woman who chooses her own company has discovered a secret the world tries to hide."Mary Wilkins Freeman
"I believe in the power of solitude to transform the soul."Edna St. Vincent Millay
"I am a stranger in this land of the living."Edna St. Vincent Millay
"Loneliness is the poverty of self; solitude is the richness of self."Fannie Hurst
"In solitude, we find our truest selves."Amy Lowell
"Solitude is the sanctuary where the soul remembers itself."Amy Lowell
"Solitude is where the soul finds its voice."O. Henry
"I am I, and you are you, and there is the universe between us."Jack London
"In solitude, we discover who we truly are beneath society's expectations."Mary Wilkins Freeman
"I shall gather myself into myself again."Edna St. Vincent Millay
"What we choose to do in our solitude defines our character."Kate Chopin
"Solitude is not loneliness; it is communion with yourself."Fannie Hurst
"Loneliness is the poverty of self; solitude is the richness of self."Upton Sinclair
"Solitude is the garden where creativity grows."O. Henry
"There is strength in solitude when one knows one's own mind."Jack London
"Loneliness and solitude are not the same thing."Mary Wilkins Freeman
"The solitude that brings peace is different from the loneliness of isolation."Charlotte Perkins Gilman
"In solitude we find ourselves; in community we find purpose."Booth Tarkington
"In quiet moments, we hear the voice of truth."Booth Tarkington