Solitude Quotes

"For as this appalling ocean surrounds the verdant land, so in the soul of man there lies one insular Tahiti."

"Solitude became my refuge and my prison."

"The attic was as full of night-wind, and the house was as quiet, as if it were in the middle of a great forest."

"I care for no man on earth, and no man on earth cares for me."

"Whenever I find myself growing grim about the mouth; whenever it is a damp, drizzly November in my soul."

"Thou must dwell in thy own soul, till thou learn better."

"I am a disappointed drudge, sir. I care for no man on earth, and no man on earth cares for me"

"What does it matter what happens to us in this world? I care for no one."

"The price of exquisite things is exquisite loneliness."

"He lived only in himself."

"Feeling as if I had no longer a friend in the world."

"The night is dark and I am far from home"

"Thou and I are not of the world's people."

"The company of a ghost and a phantom is not preferable to solitude"

"I am the only being that loves me"

"He had become the shadow that walks by day"

"I am thinking of another thing while you are talking and watching me."

"I am not at all in humour for talking. Go away!"

"I am now quite cured of seeking pleasure in society."

"I had found a companion who suited my misery perfectly."

"I understood for the first time what true loneliness meant."

"I am not at all in a humour for talking."

"I care for myself. The more solitary, the more friendless, the more unsustained I am, the more I will respect myself."

"Oh, the rare old Whale, mid all the hurry and clamor of the world here, I stand alone in the moonlight."

"I am a disappointed drudge, sir. I care for no man on earth, and no man on earth cares for me."

"I had become a stranger to those who loved me most."

"My heart is a sepulcher in which I have entombed my past."

"I have learned that solitude can be both prison and paradise."

"The ship itself is a small world floating in infinite waters"

"The night is dark and I am far from home."