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Solitude

«I have a huge, active imagination, [and] I think I'm really scared of being alone; because if I'm left to my own devices, I'll just turn into a madwoman.»
«I am only one, but still I am one. I cannot do everything, but still I can do something; and because I cannot do everything, I will not refuse to do something that I can do.»
Author: Helen Keller (Author, Educator) | About: Potential, Solitude | Keywords: refuse
«It is no surprise to me that hardly anyone tells the truth about how they feel. The smart ones keep themselves to themselves for good reason. Why would you want to tell anyone anything that's dear to you? Even when you like them and want nothing more than to be closer than close to them? It's so painful to be next to someone you feel strongly about and know you can't say the things you want to.»
«I cannot walk through the suburbs in the solitude of the night without thinking that the night pleases us because it suppresses idle details, just as our memory does.»
«I feel the same way about solitude as some people feel about the blessing of the church. It's the light of grace for me. I never close my door behind me without the awareness that I am carrying out an act of mercy toward myself.»
«I hold this to be the highest task for a bond between two people: that each protects the solitude of the other»
«I am afraid to show you who I really am, because if I show you who I really am, you might not like it--and that's all I got.»
«It is good to be solitary, for solitude is difficult; that something is difficult must be a reason the more for us to do it»
Author: Rainer Maria Rilke | About: Solitude | Keywords: solitary, solitude
«It is better to travel alone than with a bad companion»
«It is strange to be known so universally and yet to be so lonely.»
Author: Albert Einstein (Physicist) | About: Fame, Loneliness, Solitude | Keywords: universally