December 2011
32 posts
Dec 31st
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“Give me peace. Give me solitude. In that I find my only consolation.”
– ~Unknown (via austinphotos)
Dec 30th
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Dec 29th
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Dec 28th
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Dec 27th
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Dec 26th
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Dec 25th
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Being alone lets you focus. Being alone lets you...
Dec 24th
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Dec 23rd
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Dec 22nd
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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...
Dec 21st
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Dec 20th
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Dec 19th
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bruce-man-bat-wayne-fuck 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
Dec 19th
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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...
Dec 18th
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Solitude
mnibah: It’s lovely.
Dec 17th
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“Solitude is the best attitude”
– (via spinstersays)
Dec 16th
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Dec 15th
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I am thankful for solitude.
Dec 14th
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“To remember this [we are not just social; we are also separate beings], to hold...”
– William Deresiewicz, in his essay on p. 316, of the book, The Digital Divide: Arguments for and against Facebook, Google, Texting, and the Age of Social Networking, written by Mark Bauerlein (via fiadhiglas)
Dec 13th
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The Misconception of Solitude
thesisypheantask: People strive to be with one another. We look for a body to lean on, a shoulder to cry on, a mind to spend time with. The beauty is, all of this is irrelevant. Another person truly is not necessary, but it is convenient. It isn’t about being alone, it’s about spending time with yourself. Solitude is a different mindset from loneliness. Solitude has it’s own grandeur. You become...
Dec 12th
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“Remember: the time you feel lonely is the time you most need to be by yourself.”
– Douglas Coupland, Shampoo Planet (via inkdot)
Dec 11th
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Dec 10th
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Dec 9th
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Dec 8th
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“I had to take a sick day, I’m so sick of these people.”
– Elaine Benes (via sheehan-p)
Dec 7th
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Dec 6th
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“I don’t think there’s ever been an appointment in my life where I wanted the...”
– (via free-wilderness)
Dec 5th
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“Be able to be alone. Lose not the advantage of solitude. - Sir Thomas Browne”
– (via free-wilderness)
Dec 4th
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“The simplicity of solitude is a hard thing to perfect, stealing happiness from...”
– Black Bear (via brownboyman / blaaargh) (via mimikry) (via mfs) (via free-wilderness)
Dec 3rd
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“Inside myself is a place where I live all alone and that’s where you renew your...”
– Pearl S. Buck (via fuckyeahsolitude)
Dec 2nd
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“What a thing it is to sit absolutely alone, in the forest, at night, cherished...”
– Thomas Merton (via sharanam)
Dec 1st
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