„Each of us is born with a share of purity, predestined to be corrupted by our commerce with mankind, by that sin against solitude.“

— Emil M. Cioran

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„Solitude was corrupting me. I needed company and care.“
— Vladimir Nabokov
„I can receive nothing more from these tragic solitudes than a little empty purity.“
— Jean Paul Sartre
„Solitude is not the absence of company, but the moment when our soul is free to speak to us and help us decide what to do with our life.“
— Paulo Coelho
„Love consists of this: two solitudes that meet, protect and greet each other.“
— Rainer Maria Rilke
„A good marriage is that in which each appoints the other guardian of his solitude.“
— Rainer Maria Rilke
„I was a man who thrived on solitude; without it I was like another man without food or water. Each day without solitude weakened me. I took no pride in my solitude; but I was dependent on it.“
— Charles Bukowski