#solitary

The wailing owl Screams solitary to the mournful moon. ↗

— David Mallet

#mournful #owl #screams #solitary #wailing

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

As a painter you're responsible yourself, 100 percent. In film, you have the editor, the director, the other actors. It has the advantage of not being solitary. ↗

— Sylvia Kristel

#being #director #editor #film #other

I own a crevice stuffed with moss and a couch of lemming fur; I sit and listen to the music of water dripping on a distant stone. Or I sing to myself of stealth and loneliness No one comes to see me but I hear outside the scratching of claws, the warm, inquisitive breath … (from 'The Hermitage') ↗

— John Meade Haines

#wilderness #music

True solidarity is only possible among the solitary. ↗

— Jose Bergamin

#only #possible #solidarity #solitary #true

As we have seen, WikiLeaks is a robust organization. During my time in solitary confinement in the basement of a Victorian prison, we continue to release, our media partners continued to write stories. The important revelations from this material continue to come out. We have approximately 2,000 cables into 250,000. ↗

— Julian Assange

#basement #cables #come #confinement #continue

The interpretation of our reality through patterns not our own, serves only to make us ever more unknown, ever less free, ever more solitary. ↗

— Gabriel Garcia Marquez

#free #interpretation #less #make #more

The virtues, like the Muses, are always seen in groups. A good principle was never found solitary in any breast. ↗

— Buddha

#any #found #good #groups #like

Writing can be a very solitary business. It's you sat at a desk typing words into a computer. It can get lonely sometimes and lots of writers live quite isolated lives. ↗

— Paul Kane

#computer #desk #get #into #isolated

Receiving far less attention are the working class heroes, who go about their solitary work routines with quiet dignity, come home from another grueling day, yet still find time to interact with their children. ↗

— Armstrong Williams

#another #attention #children #class #come