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
"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
"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
"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