#solitude

One can be instructed in society, one is inspired only in solitude. ↗

I have to say that I have no regrets about my decision to become a priest or about the major directions my ministry has taken me... I have been and am happy as a priest, and I have never been lonely... I could have used a bit more solitude. ↗

— Andrew Greeley

#am #become #been #bit #could

I can write best in the silence and solitude of the night, when everyone has retired. ↗

— Zane Grey

#everyone #i #i can #night #retired

In my solitude, many miles from men and houses, I am in a childishly happy and carefree state of mind, which you are incapable of understanding unless someone explains it to you. ↗

— Knut Hamsun

#carefree #explains #free state #happy #houses

Silence and solitude are more distracting to me than chatter and commotion. ↗

— Marilu Henner

#distracting #me #more #silence #solitude

The more powerful and original a mind, the more it will incline towards the religion of solitude. ↗

— Aldous Huxley

#mind #more #original #powerful #religion

Time was passing like a hand waving from a train I wanted to be on. I hope you never have to think about anything as much as I think about you. ↗

— Jonathan Safran Foer

#life #losing #love #nostalgia #pain

being alone never felt right. sometimes it felt good, but it never felt right. ↗