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
E
"The greatest thing in the world is to know how to belong to oneself."
Edna St. Vincent Millay
E
"Solitude is the soil in which genius is cultivated."
Edna St. Vincent Millay
C
"Solitude is valuable, but connection gives life its deepest meaning."
Charlotte Perkins Gilman
A
"I find myself torn between the desire for solitude and the hunger for connection."
Amy Lowell
A
"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
K
"Solitude is not loneliness; it is the company of one's own thoughts."
Kate Chopin
M
"Loneliness and solitude are not the same; one is imposed, the other is chosen."
Mary Wilkins Freeman
M
"A woman who chooses her own company has discovered a secret the world tries to hide."
Mary Wilkins Freeman
E
"I believe in the power of solitude to transform the soul."
Edna St. Vincent Millay
E
"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
A
"In solitude, we find our truest selves."
Amy Lowell
A
"Solitude is the sanctuary where the soul remembers itself."
Amy Lowell
O
"Solitude is where the soul finds its voice."
O. Henry
J
"I am I, and you are you, and there is the universe between us."
Jack London
M
"In solitude, we discover who we truly are beneath society's expectations."
Mary Wilkins Freeman
E
"I shall gather myself into myself again."
Edna St. Vincent Millay
K
"What we choose to do in our solitude defines our character."
Kate Chopin
"Solitude is not loneliness; it is communion with yourself."
Fannie Hurst
U
"Loneliness is the poverty of self; solitude is the richness of self."
Upton Sinclair
O
"Solitude is the garden where creativity grows."
O. Henry
J
"There is strength in solitude when one knows one's own mind."
Jack London
M
"Loneliness and solitude are not the same thing."
Mary Wilkins Freeman
C
"The solitude that brings peace is different from the loneliness of isolation."
Charlotte Perkins Gilman
B
"In solitude we find ourselves; in community we find purpose."
Booth Tarkington
B
"In quiet moments, we hear the voice of truth."
Booth Tarkington