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Solitude Quotes
Words on the value of quiet, undisturbed time.
These solitude quotes describe the night as the best time for writing in silence, and argue for cultivating a few sincere friends over constant social noise. See related lines under Peace.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
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Writing is a tribute to solitude. It is choosing introversion over extroversion, lonely hours/days/weeks/years over fun and sociability.
- Genius
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Conversation enriches the understanding, but solitude is the school of genius.
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'One Hundred Years of Solitude' is a masterpiece because it is an episodic novel that has a rigorous form - an unprecedented combination. From the very beginning we know the town of Macondo will endure only a century, so there is a limit to the length of the narrative.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I really do work in solitude.
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I grew up in the suburbs of Connecticut - during the school time of year - but I preferred it in New Hampshire. I preferred the culture, the landscape, the relative solitude. I've always loved it.
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Growing up a lonely only child prepared me for the years of solitude spent as a writer; years spent in the company of people who don't exist, imaginary people you have conversations with. It's a paid form of madness, this writing stuff.
- Everyone
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The rigors of creativity - the self-doubt, the revising, the solitude - do require a kind of self-consumption. It comes at a cost; a cost that isn't for everyone.
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How would Jonathan Lethem have obtained such a stellar endorsement for 'The Fortress of Solitude' from Michael Chabon, if not for the years they spent ghostwriting 'MAD' magazine fold-ins together?
- Loneliness
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Friendship needs no words - it is solitude delivered from the anguish of loneliness.
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What I like is the idea of a group, even if it's just two people - the idea of solitude within a group.
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I love the solitude of being on a plane and finally getting to read an entire book and being left alone.
- Myself
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As I've gotten older I've occasionally found myself nostalgic for earlier periods of solitude, though I realize that's also likely a false nostalgia, as I know there was nothing I wanted more during those periods than to not be alone, whatever that means.
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- Nov 07, 2020
In the tumult of men and events, solitude was my temptation; now it is my friend. What other satisfaction can be sought once you have confronted History?
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