„Then, bidding farewell to The Knick-Knack, I went to collect the few personal belongings which, at that time, I held to be invaluable: my cat, my resolve to travel, and my solitude.“

— Colette

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„I went to collect the few personal belongings which… I held to be invaluable: my cat, my resolve to travel, and my solitude.“
— Colette
„I gang my own gait and have never belonged to my country, my home, my friends, or even my immediate family, with my whole heart; in the face of all these ties I have never lost an obstinate sense of detachment, of the need for solitude — a feeling which increases with the years.“
— Albert Einstein
„But I pine in Solitude. Solitude is my undoing.“
— Virginia Woolf
„I am only resolved to act in that manner, which will, in my own opinion, constitute my happiness, without reference to you, or to any person so wholly unconnected with me.“
— Jane Austen
„There are many who would take my time. I shun them.There are some who share my time. I am entertained by them.There are precious few who contribute to my time. I cherish them.“
— Anton LaVey
„I am glad you have a Cat, but I do not believe it is So remarkable a cat as My Cat.“
— T.S. Eliot
„I do not want to be admired. I want to give, to be given, and solitude in which to unfold my possessions.“
— Virginia Woolf
„My solitude doesn’t depend on the presence or absence of people; on the contrary, I hate who steals my solitude without, in exchange, offering me true company.“
— Friedrich Nietzsche
„Never forget that solitude is my lot… I implore those who love me to love my solitude."(, May 11, 1910)“
— Rainer Maria Rilke
„when I am feelinglowall i have to do iswatch my catsand mycouragereturns“
— Charles Bukowski
„Travel, trouble, music, art, a kiss, a frock, a rhyme --I never said they feed my heart, but still they pass my time.“
— Dorothy Parker