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being alone never felt right…

November 5, 2018October 20, 2018 Seeker Solitude

…sometimes it felt good, but it never felt right. ― Charles Bukowski, Women

I had already found that it was not good to be alone, …

November 1, 2018October 20, 2018 Seeker Solitude

…and so made companionship with what there was around me, sometimes with the universe and sometimes with my own insignificant self; but my books were always my friends, let fail all else. ― Joshua Slocum, Sailing Alone around the World

If you’re lonely when you’re alone, …

October 29, 2018October 20, 2018 Seeker Solitude

…you’re in bad company. ― Jean-Paul Sartre

I care for myself. The more solitary, …

October 25, 2018October 20, 2018 Seeker Solitude

…the more friendless, the more unsustained I am, the more I will respect myself. ― Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre

Solitude is fine…

October 22, 2018October 20, 2018 Seeker Solitude

…but you need someone to tell that solitude is fine. ― Honoré de Balzac

Let me tell you this: if you meet a loner…

October 19, 2018October 20, 2018 Seeker Solitude

…no matter what they tell you, it’s not because they enjoy solitude. It’s because they have tried to blend into the world before, and people continue to disappoint them. ― Jodi Picoult, My Sister’s Keeper

I am too alone in the world, …

October 1, 2018September 21, 2018 Seeker Solitude

…and yet not alone enough to make every moment holy.I am too tiny in this world, and not tiny enough just to lie before you like a thing,shrewd and secretive.I want my own will, and I want simply to be with my will,as it goes toward action;and in those quiet, sometimes hardly moving times,when something […]

Cherish your solitude.

September 28, 2018September 21, 2018 Seeker Solitude

Take trains by yourself to places you have never been. Sleep out alone under the stars. Learn how to drive a stick shift. Go so far away that you stop being afraid of not coming back. Say no when you don’t want to do something. Say yes if your instincts are strong, even if everyone […]

From that time on, the world was hers for the reading.

September 24, 2018September 21, 2018 Seeker Solitude

She would never be lonely again, never miss the lack of intimate friends. Books became her friends and there was one for every mood. There was poetry for quiet companionship. There was adventure when she tired of quiet hours. There would be love stories when she came into adolescence and when she wanted to feel […]

Therefore, dear Sir, love your solitude and try to sing out…

September 21, 2018 Seeker Solitude

… with the pain it causes you. For those who are near you are far away… and this shows that the space around you is beginning to grow vast…. be happy about your growth, in which of course you can’t take anyone with you, and be gentle with those who stay behind; be confident and […]

A solitary, unused to speaking of what he sees and feels

January 31, 2016September 21, 2018 Seeker Solitude

…, has mental experiences which are at once more intense and less articulate than those of a gregarious man. They are sluggish, yet more wayward, and never without a melancholy tinge. Sights and impressions which others brush aside with a glance, a light comment, a smile, occupy him more than their due; they sink silently […]

There is no doubt that solitude is a challenge

January 30, 2016September 21, 2018 Seeker Solitude

… and to maintain balance within it a precarious business. But I must not forget that, for me, being with people or even with one beloved person for any length of time without solitude is even worse. I lose my center. I feel dispersed, scattered, in pieces. I must have time alone in which to […]

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