Solitude Quotes

The difference between being alone and being lonely. Quotes about the richness of your own company.

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"I have found that solitude clarifies the mind wonderfully."
Anne Brontë
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"The way to inspiration is through solitude."
Emily Brontë
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"The soul selects her own society."
Emily Brontë
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"In solitude, the soul finds its voice."
Emily Brontë
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"Solitude is not loneliness but a necessary communion with oneself."
Thomas Hardy
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"In solitude, we discover who we truly are."
George Eliot
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"Quiet thoughts mend the world"
Charles Dickens
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"Solitude is often the refuge of the thoughtful mind."
Anne Brontë
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"In solitude, we often find our truest selves."
Anne Brontë
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"What a strange mystery it is that the most powerful force on earth is silence."
Émile Zola
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"I like to walk alone through the fields and woods."
Charlotte Brontë
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"Solitude and reflection suit my disposition."
Charlotte Brontë
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"My existence is a burden to you; I understand this perfectly."
Emily Brontë
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"In solitude, we discover who we truly are beneath society's masks."
Emily Brontë
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"I am content in my solitude; society rarely understands profound feeling."
Emily Brontë
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"I am content to be misunderstood by those who lack depth of feeling."
Emily Brontë
"Solitude is the soil out of which genius is produced."
Gustave Flaubert
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"Much of my reading is of the kind that is called light reading—that which one reads in solitude, purely for pleasure."
George Eliot
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"It is rare to find leisure that is not fatigue and solitude that is not gloom."
George Eliot
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"In solitude, we find the truth of ourselves without the distraction of others."
George Eliot
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"Solitude is sometimes necessary for the soul to find itself"
Charles Dickens
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"In solitude, we discover who we truly are"
Charles Dickens
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"One should as a rule respect public opinion in so far as is necessary to avoid starvation and to prevent oneself from being deserted in solitude."
Émile Zola
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"The silence of solitude often speaks louder than words."
Émile Zola
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"In solitude, we are least alone."
Alexandre Dumas
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"Solitude is fine but you need someone to tell you that solitude is fine."
Honoré de Balzac
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"The greatest poverty is loneliness."
Honoré de Balzac
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"I care for myself. The more solitary, the more friendless, the more unsustained I am, the more I will respect myself."
Charlotte Brontë
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"Loneliness is a terrible poverty."
Charlotte Brontë
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"The human heart has hidden treasures, in secret kept, in silence sealed."
Victor Hugo