Solitude terrifies the soul at twenty.

One can't live in solitude. To survive as a single family unit is not possible.

Writing is a tribute to solitude. It is choosing introversion over extroversion, lonely hours/days/weeks/years over fun and sociability.

Solitude is creativity's best friend, and solitude is refreshment for our souls.

How different a creature is man in society and man in solitude!

Solitude vivifies; isolation kills.

Wit is a weapon. Jokes are a masculine way of inflicting superiority. But humor is the pursuit of a gentle grin, usually in solitude.

One can't live in solitude. To survive as a single family unit is not possible.

O solitude, where are the charms That sages have seen in thy face? Better dwell in the midst of alarms, Than reign in this horrible place.

I like solitude. I like the anomalous life. I like a quiet life.

I like peace and solitude and silence.

Although I've made notes for things and even written synopses sitting in trains or on park benches, for the complete composition of things I need absolute solitude, preferably an empty house.

We talk of communing with Nature, but 'tis with ourselves we commune... Nature furnishes the conditions - the solitude - and the soul furnishes the entertainment.

Frightening things happen in solitude.

There's a difference between solitude and loneliness. I can understand the concept of being a monk for a while.

Sometimes the only kind of innovation comes when you have some solitude; when you step away.

Solitude helps you reflect.

Solitude is painful when one is young, but delightful when one is more mature.

Who hears music feels his solitude peopled at once.

In solitude, we find ourselves; we prepare ourselves to come to conversation with something to say that is authentic, ours.