#solitary

Painting and writing are solitary arts. ↗

— Conrad Hall

#painting #solitary #writing

In this country, don't forget, a habit is no damn private hell. There's no solitary confinement outside of jail. A habit is hell for those you love. And in this country it's the worst kind of hell for those who love you. ↗

— Billie Holiday

#country #damn #forget #habit #hell

The power of a book lies in its power to turn a solitary act into a shared vision. As long as we have books, we are not alone. ↗

— Laura Bush

#alone #book #books #into #lies

We are all sentenced to solitary confinement inside our own skins, for life. ↗

— Tennessee Williams

#inside #life #our #own #sentenced

The worst vice of the solitary is the worship of his food. ↗

— Cyril Connolly

#his #solitary #vice #worship #worst

Writing is a solitary occupation. ↗

— Bernard Cornwell

#solitary #solitary occupation #writing

It's an interesting combination: Having a great fear of being alone, and having a desperate need for solitude and the solitary experience. That's always been a tug of war for me. ↗

— Jodie Foster

#always #been #being #being alone #combination

The wailing owl Screams solitary to the mournful moon. ↗

— David Mallet

#mournful #owl #screams #solitary #wailing

A solitary, unused to speaking of what he sees and feels, has mental experiences which are at once more intense and less articulate than those of a gregarious man. ↗

— Thomas Mann

#experiences #feels #gregarious #intense #less

We fear violence less than our own feelings. Personal, private, solitary pain is more terrifying than what anyone else can inflict. ↗

— Jim Morrison

#else #fear #feelings #inflict #less