#solitude

…my Solitude is my Treasure, the best thing I have. ↗

— A.S. Byatt

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I have never found a companion that was so companionable as solitude. ↗

— Henry David Thoreau

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Whosoever is delighted in solitude, is either a wild beast or a god. ↗

— Aristotle

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To be left alone is the most precious thing one can ask of the modern world. ↗

— Anthony Burgess

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I need solitude for my writing; not 'like a hermit' - that wouldn't be enough - but like a dead man. ↗

— Franz Kafka

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What does he say?' he asked. 'He’s very sad,’ Úrsula answered, ‘because he thinks that you’re going to die.' 'Tell him,' the colonel said, smiling, 'that a person doesn’t die when he should but when he can. ↗

— Gabriel Garcí­a Márquez

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I want my life to be the greatest story. My very existence will be the greatest poem. Watch me burn. Love always, Charlotte ↗

— Charlotte Eriksson

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It's hard to spend years at a time working in total solitude with no reality-check. ↗

— Russell Banks

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Solitude has its own very strange beauty to it. ↗

— Liv Tyler

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I had to learn - since I'm divorced now and everyone is like, 'Oh my God, you're single, what's going on?' - that if I don't like to spend time with myself, how can I ask someone else to enjoy spending time with me? I'm getting to learn how to enjoy my solitude and have a good time. ↗

— Gabrielle Union

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