February 2012
18 posts
“I implore those who love me to love my solitude.”
– Rainer Maria Rilke (via matildahoney)
“The person who has not learned to be happy and content while completely alone...”
– H. Clay Tate (via sarahnealy)
“Why not take this time of solitary self-exile to unlearn, shake up the compass...”
– Everyday in tuscany, frances mayes (via stuffedartichokes)
“I was a man who thrived on solitude; without it I was like another man without...”
– Charles Bukowski (via haereticum)
“My solitude is like a big person walking by my side.
Some say it is...”
– Stephen Dobyns, ‘…’ (via thesephrases)
I want...
hopelessly-stuck:
I want to forget everything and everyone I want to feel nothing for anything anyone and everything I want to leave I want to disappear I want to be gone I want to start walking I want to run I want to be free of all ties with everyone and anything I want solitude
January 2012
13 posts
“And being alone
is the best way to be.
When I’m by myself it’s...”
– Edie Brickell - “Circle Of Friends”
“I lived in solitude in the country and noticed how the monotony of a quiet life...”
– Albert Einstein (via bonmojo)
“I have to be alone very often. I’d be quite happy if I spent from Saturday night...”
– Audrey Hepburn (via topak)
“The thoughtful soul to solitude retires.”
– Omar Khayyam (via anhypnic)
“I shunned the face of man; all sound of joy or complacency was torture to me;...”
– Frankenstein by Mary Shelley (via wolvish)
The Life of the Hermit (a little song)
forestofghosts:
To be sung under the breath at times of alienation:
The life of the hermit is the life for me,
Living in a cottage in the middle of the trees,
Never saying anything, never doing anything,
Reading all my books until the sun goes down.
“Its really tough to face yourself without a distraction, in utter silence,...”
– The Girl Soul (via thegirlsoul)
“In solitude we give passionate attention to our lives,
to our memories, to the...”
– Virginia Woolf (via paladindaydreams)
Yes, solitude could easily be independence.
December 2011
32 posts
“Give me peace. Give me solitude. In that I find my only consolation.”
– ~Unknown (via austinphotos)
Being alone lets you focus. Being alone lets you...
iamthehuntress:
I live for the moments during which I am alone; sometimes, when everyone has left the house, I go into a room where there is no computer and I leave my phone on the kitchen counter, taking out the battery, and unplugging all of the house phones. Solitude is my only medication these days; I need to get away from the people who make me ill, relief for the pain in my chest and the...
i-am-the-pumpkin-king asked: I've been following this blog for a while, and I still love it. I love reading quotes that understand me completely and encourage me to embrace my solitude, rather than conform to always being social. Thank you so much <3
I love spending time with my self in public...
theunfinishedwriter:
It’s so very freeing. I know a lot of people think it’s sad when they see a person out eating by themselves, but I feel most myself when doing these sort of activities. To be content with just my own company whilst others are out with people is a beautiful feeling. I can observe others and reflect upon my own thoughts. Appreciate that at the end of the day, I am the only...
Solitude
mnibah:
It’s lovely.
“Solitude is the best attitude”
– (via spinstersays)
I am thankful for solitude.