“Our age is so gregarious that there is at present a marked prejudice against anyone being alone. It is looked down on, and a need to be alone is almost considered a fault, a weakness, as though if one cannot endure - more - enjoy being with other people every minute one is aloof, unreal, and somehow to be pitied.” PeopleIfsNeedsAgeEnjoyMinutesSolitudeWeaknessPrejudiceFaultsEndureUnrealAloofGregariousSociability Author:Florida Scott-Maxwell
“A little time separates us from those who depart - a time of tears, a time of sadness and solitude; but, that over, we go to rejoin them and to enjoy with them the society of the blessed. Oh, how sweetly the heart rests in this immortal hope!” HeartLittlesDeathEnjoySadnessTearsSolitudeBlessedImmortalLittle Time Book:Letters Source: Letters
“One ought to love society, if he wishes to enjoy solitude. It is a social nature that solitude works upon with the most various power. If one is misanthropic, and betakes himself to loneliness that he may get away from hateful things, solitude is a silent emptiness to him.” IfsMayWishSocialEnjoyLonelinessOughtSolitudeSilentVariousEmptinessGet AwayHatefulMisanthropic Author:Johann Georg Ritter von Zimmermann