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“Révéler ses secrets les uns après les autres avait aiguillonné son sentiment d'être isolée dans ce vaste monde.”

Book:The Bastard of Istanbul

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“Who are we without our addictions; without our media-induced hungers? So often the voices we hear echoing in our mind are not our own but that of our influencers. Isolation, while arguably going against human nature, is essential for mental and emotional health. Solitude is a detoxification of all that distorts our personality and misguides our path in life. It allows us to filter out the foreign opinions and hear our own voice—reach our authentic character—and practice fidelity to self.”

Solitude Solace Authentic Self Spiritual Journey Addiction And Recovery Influencing People Who Am I Detox

Book:Seasons of Contemplation: A Book of Midnight Meditations

Source: Seasons of Contemplation: A Book of Midnight Meditations

“I know that the night is not the same as the day: that all things are different, that the things of the night cannot be explained in the day, because they do not then exist, and the night can be a dreadful time for lonely people once their loneliness has started.”

Night Loneliness Solitude Day

Book:A Farewell to Arms

Source: A Farewell to Arms

“If you have a room which you do not want certain people to get into, put a lock on it for which they do not have the key. But there is no point in talking to them about it, unless of course you want them to admire the room from outside! The honorable thing to do is put a lock on the door which will be noticed only by those who can open it, not by the rest.”

Communication Solitude Introverted Wittgenstein

Book:Culture and Value

Source: Culture and Value

“These solitary ones who are free in spirit know thatin one thing or another they must constantly put on an appearance that is different from the way they think; although they want nothing but truth and honesty, they are entangled in a web of misunderstandings. And despite their keen desire, they cannot prevent a fog of false opinions, of accommodation, of halfway concessions, of indulgent silence, of erroneous interpretation from settling on everything they do. And so a cloud of melancholy gathers around their brow, for such natures hate the necessity of appearances more than death, and their persistent bitterness about this makes them volatile and menacing. From time to time they take revenge for their violent selfconcealment, for their coerced constraint. They emerge from their caves with horrible expressions on their faces; at such times their words and deeds are explosions, and it is even possible for them to destroy themselves.”

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Book:Untimely Meditations

Source: Untimely Meditations

“Ironically, the only way to see clearly is to stand at a distance. You might be focused, but that doesn't mean you are seeing correctly. Sometimes, you have you to grab the camera from the idiot taking all the shots in your life because they don't realize the lens is dirty.”

“The threat of rain appears to have nothing to do with Joao Elvas's desire to be alone, and one must not forget that, strange as it may seem, some men can spend their entire life alone and enjoy solitude, especially if it is raining and their crust is hard.”

Solitude Lonliness

Book:Baltasar and Blimunda

Source: Baltasar and Blimunda

“Pero su recuerdo no me abandona. Quien ha visto la Esperanza, no la olvida. La busca bajo todos los cielos y entre todos los hombres. Y sueña que un día va a encontrarla de nuevo, no sabe dónde, acaso entre los suyos. En cada hombre late la posibilidad de ser o, más exactamente, de volver a ser, otro hombre.”

Hope Solitude

Author:Octavio Paz

“True happiness is impossible without solitude. The fallen angel probably betrayed God because he longed for solitude, which angels do not know.”

Solitude Angels

Author:Anton Chekhov

“The doctors are all agreed that I am suffering from want of society. Was never a case like it. First, I did not know that I was suffering at all. Secondly, as an Irishman might say, I had thought it was indigestion of the society I got.”

Society Solitude

Book:The Quotable Thoreau

Source: The Quotable Thoreau

“Benj had once said, "A man must have a care to what he puts in his mind, for when he's alone on a hillside and draws it out he'll want treasures to be his company, not regrets.”

Solitude Thoughts Regrets

Book:Mountain Born

Source: Mountain Born

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