“The mind is its own place, and in itself can make a heaven of hell, a hell of heaven..”— John Milton, amazon.com
“It all adds up to one thing: peace, silence, solitude. The world and its noise are out of sight and far away. Forest and field, sun and wind and sky, earth and water, all speak the same language.”— Thomas Merton, amazon.com
“It’s become as natural and right to be alone and silent that I don’t know how I can shift over to company.”— Martha Gellhorn, amazon.com
“I’ve noticed before that if you go too long without anyone seeing you, really seeing you, it’s easy to start wondering if you’re really there.”— Maggie Mitchell, amazon.com
“People think being alone makes you lonely, but I don’t think that’s true. Being surrounded by the wrong people is the loneliest thing in the world.”— Kim Culbertson, amazon.com
“Deep in my heart I know I am a loner. I have tried to blend in with the world and be sociable, but the more people I meet the more disappointed I am. So, I’ve learned to enjoy myself, my family, and a few good friends.”— Steven Aitchison, onlinecounsellingcollege.tumblr.com
“I was in my house, alone in the living room, anxious about you, watching the flashes of lightning. And a flash of lightning lit up this truth for me, right in front of my eye. That night i lost you, I lost something inside me. Or perhaps several things. Something central to my existence, the very su…”— Haruki Murakami, amazon.com
“Stars should not be seen alone. That’s why there are so many. Two people should stand together and look at them. One person alone will surely miss the good ones.”— Augusten Burroughs, amazon.com
“It is better to be alone than to be with someone who can’t see who you are.”— E. Lockhart, amazon.com
“My solitude doesn’t depend on the presence or absence of people; on the contrary, I hate who steals my solitude without, in exchange, offering me true company.”— Friedrich Nietzsche, goodreads.com
“Be willing to go alone! Many who started with you won't finish with you.”— Tony Gaskins Jr., twitter.com
“The quiet transition from autumn to winter is not a bad time at all. It’s a time for protecting and securing things and for making sure you’ve got in as many supplies as you can. It’s nice to gather together everything you possess as close to you as possible, to store up your warmth and your thought…”— Tove Jansson, amazon.com
“Solitude has soft, silky hands, but with strong fingers it grasps the heart and makes it ache with sorrow.”— Khalil Gibran, amazon.com
“As an introvert, you can be your own best friend or your worst enemy. The good news is we generally like our own company, a quality that extroverts often envy. We find comfort in solitude and know how to soothe ourselves. Even our willingness to look at ourselves critically is often helpful. But, we…”— Laurie Helgoe, amazon.com