solitude Quotes

We are for the most part more lonely when we go abroad among men than when we stay in our chambers. A man thinking or working is always alone, let him be where he will.

I would rather sit on a pumpkin and have it all to myself, than be crowded on a velvet cushion.

But I was the most unashamed lone parent you were ever going to meet.

All men's miseries derive from not being able to sit in a quiet room alone.

I don't actually go to that many conferences. I do that a couple of times a year. Normally, I am not recognized; people don't throw their panties at me. I'm a perfectly normal person sitting in my den just doing my job.

Whosoever is delighted in solitude is either a wild beast or a god.

The worst solitude is to have no real friendships.

People who lead a lonely existence always have something on their minds that they are eager to talk about.

There is nothing like staying at home for real comfort.

No exile at the South Pole or on the summit of Mont Blanc separates us more effectively from others than the practice of a hidden vice.