Solitude Quotes

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

14288 quotes

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"He was alone."
Orson Scott Card (Narrator)
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"The isolation is worse than the training."
Ender Wiggin
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"We are alone not because the universe is empty, but because we are incapable of true connection."
Kris Kelvin
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"Silence in space is deafening."
Dr. Frank Poole
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"He carried the burden alone."
Orson Scott Card (Narrator)
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"We are all exiles in foreign lands"
Genly Ai
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"Solitude at the edge of the universe is the truest mirror of the human condition."
Kris Kelvin
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"We are all strangers in foreign lands"
Genly Ai
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"In the wasteland, we find ourselves"
Genly Ai
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"In isolation, we discover our deepest selves"
Genly Ai
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"Solitude is the price of wisdom."
Kris Kelvin
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"We seek connection across the void, but find only ourselves."
Kris Kelvin
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"Loneliness is the price of command."
Orson Scott Card (Narrator)
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"Distance lends perspective to the soul."
Orson Scott Card (Narrator)
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"When you're alone, your thoughts become your greatest companions."
Mark Watney
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"To be nothing—and to be seen—is to be nothing."
Gaius Helen Mohiam
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"I started thinking about my crewmates and how much I'd miss them. Now I don't."
Mark Watney
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"I'm extremely bored."
Mark Watney
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"I'm alone on Mars."
Mark Watney
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"I'm the only person on Mars."
Mark Watney
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"In isolation, we discover who we truly are."
Kris Kelvin
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"In space, loneliness becomes a physical dimension."
Kris Kelvin
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"I could never go home. Home didn't exist anymore."
Ender Wiggin
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"Isolation is the sum total of wretchedness to me"
Genly Ai
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"We are ghosts haunting our own memories."
Kris Kelvin
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"Loneliness is the price of consciousness."
Kris Kelvin
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"In silence, a man hears truth"
Spice-induced narrator/Paul's visions
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"Loneliness is a state of mind."
Ryland Grace
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"Silence can be companionable."
Ryland Grace
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"The closest I'll get to having a friend is this computer."
Mark Watney