Comfort in Isolation Quotes

I am not a people person. It's not that I am shy, but I am more comfortable in an atmosphere of one-on-one. I hate crowds and parties.

I don't mind being by myself, even in a foreign country.

Thanks to having my dad travel with me, I don't feel quite cut off from my family.

People say you've got to be OK with your own company, but tell me why?

If we don't know how to be alone, we'll only know how to be lonely.

A lot of people think I'm really outgoing and confident, but I'm not. I'd much rather sit in a corner and read my book and my paper. I'm quite happy with my own company.

Language... has created the word 'loneliness' to express the pain of being alone. And it has created the word 'solitude' to express the glory of being alone.

I started keeping a diary in third grade and, in solidarity with Anne Frank, gave it a name and made it my confidante. To this day, I feel comforted and relieved of loneliness, no matter how foreign my surroundings, if I have a pad and a pen with which to record my experiences.

I think some people are good at being alone, and some people aren't, and as a child, I really liked it.

I don't mind solitude. I love talking to other people, but I do need my space.

I actually like spending time alone - it doesn't bother me at all.

I cannot stand public attention, I just can't. Of course, if I may I might write something instead.

Music was like my first real toy. I was an only child for a while, and I was alone a lot of the time - and I liked it. I still like being alone.

Men with secrets tend to be drawn to each other, not because they want to share what they know but because they need the company of the like-minded, the fellow afflicted.

I'm not frightened of a bit of silence.

Half the pleasure of solitude comes from having with us some friend to whom we can say how sweet solitude is.