#solitary

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

We were now arrived at the close of our solitary journeyings along the St. Joseph's trail. ↗

— Francis Parkman

#arrived #close #joseph #now #our

The whole course of human history may depend on a change of heart in one solitary and even humble individual - for it is in the solitary mind and soul of the individual that the battle between good and evil is waged and ultimately won or lost. ↗

— M. Scott Peck

#between #change #course #depend #even

The temple of Ceres should be in a solitary spot out of the city, to which the public are not necessarily led but for the purpose of sacrificing to her. ↗

— Marcus V. Pollio

#her #led #necessarily #out #public