"Solitude cherishes great virtues and destroys little ones."

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"Solitude cherishes great virtues and destroys little ones."

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"It was as if this night were only one of thousands of nights, world without end, night curving into night to make a great arching line of which I couldn't see the end, a night in which I roamed alone under cold, mindless stars."

Anne Rice, American Novelist

Solitude, Night, Alone, Stars, Isolation

"This was not my moment to be seeking romance and (as day follows night) to further complicate my already knotty life. This was my moment to look for the kind of healing and peace that can only come from solitude."

Elizabeth Gilbert, American Novelist

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"A wounded heart needs aloof."

Toba Beta, Indonesian Author

Solitude, Healing, Truth, Power, Today

"I had gotten so used to being alone, but never entirely used to it. Never used to it enough to stop wanting the alternative."

David Levithan, American Author

Solitude, Loneliness, Acceptance, Desire, Alone

"Everything hurt. I closed my eyes, pressing my cheek to the street, and waited. What for, I didn't know. To be rescued. Or found. But no one came. All I'd ever thought I wanted was to be left alone. Until I was."

Sarah Dessen, American Author

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"The time of solitude is actually an opportunity to make time work for you."

Sunday Adelaja, Nigerian Author

Solitude, Time, Opportunity, Value

"Solitude is a greater treasure than money."

Sunday Adelaja, Nigerian Author

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"In solitude, you listen to the sacred voice."

Lailah Gifty Akita, Ghanaian Author

Solitude, Listening, Voice, Sacred

"Alone! yesterday, today and forever."

M.F. Moonzajer, Afghan Author

Solitude, Loneliness, Isolation, Emotion

"I am but a stranger ... as we all are. Lonely inside our separate skins, we cannot know each others pain and must bear our own in solitude. For my part, I have found that walking soothes it; and that, given luck, sometimes we find one to walk besides us ... at least for a little way."

Alan Moore, British Writer

Solitude, Loneliness, Companionship, Pain

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"Find fault when you must find fault in private, and if possible sometime after the offense, rather than at the time."

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"Marriage resembles a pair of shears, so joined that they cannot be separated; often moving in opposite directions, yet always punishing anyone who comes between them."

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"Heaven never helps the men who will not act."

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"Poverty us no disgrace to a man, but it is confoundedly inconvenient."

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"Do not try to push your way through to the front ranks of your profession; do not run after distinctions and rewards; but do your utmost to find an entry into the world of beauty."

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