January 2010
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“I lived in solitude in the country and noticed how the monotony of a quiet life...”
– Albert Einstein
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“Solitude has soft, silky hands, but with strong fingers it grasps the heart and...”
– A line from “Silent Sorrow” by Kahlil Gibran (via theayang)
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“I hate who steals me the solitude without in exchange offering true company.”
– Nietzsche (via tiredheart)
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“I like being alone, but I hate being lonely.”
– (Origin unknown.) (via withmintfrosting)
“Solitude desolates me; company oppresses me.”
– Fernando Pessoa
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“I like living myself - not just being happy and enjoying myself and having a...”
– A Murder is Announced (Agatha Christie) (via sleepandchocolate) (via booklover) (via free-wilderness)
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“I restore myself when I’m alone.”
– Marilyn Monroe (via ashtreemeadow) (via fuckyeahmarilynmonroe)
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sol⋅i⋅tude
/ˈsɒlɪˌtud, -ˌtyud/ [sol-i-tood, -tyood] –noun
1. the state of being or living alone; seclusion: to enjoy one’s solitude. 2. remoteness from habitations, as of a place; absence of human activity: the solitude of the mountains. 3. a lonely, unfrequented place: a solitude in the mountains.
Origin: 1325–75
“i’ve never been lonely. i’ve been in a room — i’ve felt suicidal. i’ve been...”
– Bukowski (via drhotcoffee)
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11643.) I don't want to get to know anyone. I want...
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“As a matter of self-preservation, he required an enormous amount of space around...”
– Rainer Maria Rilke, Letters To A Young Poet
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“The strongest man in the world is he who stands most alone.”
– Henrik Ibsen (via cavesoflilith)
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“In proportion as he Simplifies his Life, the Laws of the Universe will appear...”
– Henry David Thoreau (via bonsaisprouts) (via fuckyeahthoreau)
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“Nothing can supply the place of books. They are cheering or soothing companions...”
– William Henry Channing (via srsly) (via crazybraindeadteen) (via fuckyeahreading)
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“I am learning how to be alone without being lonely, learning how to be lonely...”
– Paul Baribeau (via kari-shma)
“I thrive best on solitude. If I have had a companion only one day in a week,...”
– Henry David Thoreau, Journal, December 28, 1856 (via erospainter) (via whisperinglion) (via fuckyeahthoreau)
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“These hours of solitude and meditation are the only ones in the day when I am...”
– Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Reveries of the Solitary Walker
“Never bother a girl listening to her iPod. She wants to be alone, not bothered....”
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“In a place far away from anyone or anywhere, I drifted off for a moment.”
– Haruki Murakami (via restartmyheart:out-of-my-dreams) (via iamchrysanthemum) (via fuckyeahthebeatgeneration)
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“I live alone, entirely alone. I never speak to anyone, never; I receive nothing,...”
– Jean Paul Sartre, Nausea
“I had three chairs in my house; one for solitude, two for friendship, three for...”
– Henry David Thoreau (via humain) (via fuckyeahthoreau)
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“Your solitude will be a support and a home for you.”
– Rainer Maria Rilke, Letters To A Young Poet
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11559.) i don't feel lonely. i just need to be...
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The things that keep me alive keep me alone
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“How happy he, who free from care
The rage of courts, and noise of towns;...”
– Alexander Pope, Ode on Solitude (via ilikewhatyousay)
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“Solitude is impractical, yet society is fatal.”
– Ralph Waldo Emerson (via corners) (via booklover) (via fuckyeahralphwaldoemerson)