“Forgotten tones of love recur to us, and kind glances shine out of the past--oh so bright and clear!--oh so longed after!--because they are out of reach; as holiday music from within a prison wall--or sunshine seen through the bars; more prized because unattainable--more bright because of the contrast of present darkness and solitude, whence there is no escape.” LoveKindPastDarknessClearWallSolitudePrisonShiningForgottenBarsToneHolidaySunshineContrastGlancesUnattainablePrison Walls Book:The works of William Makepeace Thackeray Source: The works of William Makepeace Thackeray
“The soul that sees beauty may sometimes walk alone.” LoveMaySoulSometimesFallWalksBeautyLonelinessWalkingSolitudeHikingBeing AloneTrekkingLonlinessLong WalksSoul BeautyWalking AloneWalking Forward Author:Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
“Never be afraid to sit a while and think.” ThinkingLoveDreamTimeInspiringHistorySolitudeStress Book:A Raisin in the Sun Source: A Raisin in the Sun
“Egotism erects its center in itself; love places it out of itself in the axis of the universal whole. Love aims at unity, egotismat solitude. Love is the citizen ruler of a flourishing republic, egotism is a despot in a devastated creation.” LoveWholeLove IsCreationSelf LoveCitizensSolitudeUniversalAimUnityRepublicRulersEgotismFlourishingDevastatedAxesDespots Author:August Wilhelm von Schlegel