“Be able to live alone, even if you don't want to and think you will never find it necessary.”
Solitude is not the same as loneliness, though they often get confused. This collection explores both — the ache of isolation and the quiet power of being comfortable in your own company. Some of these quotes will make you want to reach out to someone; others will make you want to sit with yourself a while longer.
“When I get into bed at night, I hope I don't get into it alone!”
“Be able to live alone, even if you don't want to and think you will never find it necessary.”
“All species capable of grasping this fact manage better in the struggle for existence than those which rely upon their own strength alone: the wolf, which hunts in a pack, has a greater chance of survival than the lion, which hunts alone.”
“Probably nothing serious or worthwhile can be accomplished without one's willingness to be alone for sustained periods of time, which is not to say that one must live alone, obsessively.”
“Thank you for leaving us alone but giving us enough attention to boost our egos.”
“It's time to end the cruel slaughter of whales and leave these magnificent creatures alone.”
“Man, I hate to get depressing on you, but I don't have a game. I'm so alone, so depressed, so dark, no.”
“As a child, I wanted only two things - to be left alone to read my library books, and to get away from my provincial hometown and go to London to be a writer. And I always knew that when I got there, I wanted to make loads of money.”
“It is the unknown that excites the ardor of scholars, who, in the known alone, would shrivel up with boredom.”
“The belief in a supernatural source of evil is not necessary men alone are quite capable of every wickedness.”
“I would rather be a beggar and single than a queen and married.”
“I have no time for those who say there is no way Scotland could go it alone. I know first-hand the contribution Scotland and Scots make to Britain's success - so for me there's no question about whether Scotland could be an independent nation.”
“Alone we can do so little together we can do so much.”
“He travels the fastest who travels alone.”
“Associate with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation for it is better to be alone than in bad company.”
“What is it that love does to a woman? Without she only sleeps with it alone, she lives.”