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“Away, away, from men and towns, To the wild wood and the downs— To the silent wilderness Where the soul need not repress Its music lest it should not find An echo in another's mind, While the touch of Nature's art Harmonizes heart to heart.”

Book:The Complete Poems

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The Complete Poems

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“This was the sound he cherished when alone in the stillness of his rooms. He sought and guarded the stillness, so that it might prevail there till the inevitable sounds of life, once more, comparatively coarse and harsh, should smother and deaden it—doubtless by the same process with which they would officiously heal the ache in his soul that was somehow one with it.”

Peace Solitude

Book:The Wings of the Dove

Source: The Wings of the Dove

“So strange is the human being that in the midst of my new life and fulfilled wishes, I was sometimes aware of a slight, fleeting, subconscious desire for solitude, for even boring and empty days. It seemed to me that the time I had spent at home and the dreary uneventful life from which I was so glad to escape, was something desirable.”

Solitude Boredom Gertrude Hermann Hesse Grass Is Greener Vicissitudes Of Life

Book:Gertrude

Source: Gertrude

“It wasn’t the first time someone had disappeared from my life due to my own fault: due to my tendency to solitude and silence, dut to my sometimes unjustifiable reserve, due to my inability to keep relationships alive (even those I have with people I love or who genuinely interest me). This has always been one of my great defects, and it has caused me more than one disappointment and has dissapointed other more than once. There’s nothing I can do aboutn it, however, because nobody changes their nature by the mere force of will.”

Solitude Introvert Recluse

Book:La forma de las ruinas

Source: La forma de las ruinas

“Still to ourselves in every place consign'd, Our own felicity we make or find.”

Happiness Solitude

Book:The Deserted Village, The Traveler, and Other Poems

Source: The Deserted Village, The Traveler, and Other Poems

“One of those small but sharp recollections that return, lacerating your self-respect like tiny penknives, and forcing from your lips, as you sit alone, sudden, insane-sounding interjections.”

Solitude Memory Embarrassment

Book:Shirley

Source: Shirley

“After long years of solitary meditation, Jenny had come to accept that, for her, magic was a depth and a stillness rather than the moving brilliance that it was for the great.”

Meditation Solitude Depth Stillness

Book:Dragonsbane

Source: Dragonsbane

“Besides, if truth be told, what I eat, even if it’s bread and onion, tastes better to me in my corner without fancy or respectful manners, than a turkey would at other tables where I have to chew slowly , not drink too much, wipe my mouth a lot, not sneeze or cough if I feel like it, or do other things that come with solitude and freedom.”

Solitude

Book:Don Quixote

Source: Don Quixote

“On days like this, birthdays, the anniversary of the wave, I want to be alone. Alone, I am close to them, I slip back into our life, or they slip into mine, undisturbed.”

Loss Grief Solitude Memory Mourning Anniversaries

Book:Wave

Source: Wave

“It's finding time to be alone in a quiet place and simply focusing inwards on yourself, your dreams, your hopes, your prayers, and your aspirations. Finding solitude is the practice of the prophets of God. It's where they found solace with their Creator and received their great revelations.”

Solitude Quiet

Book:The Productive Muslim: Where Faith Meets Productivity

Source: The Productive Muslim: Where Faith Meets Productivity

“In order to not feel alone, we conform our selves to masks and hide in social solitude. We ignore the inner geniuses and envy the others.”

Poetry Psychology Poem Solitude Conformity Erasure

Book:Internet Erasure

Source: Internet Erasure

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