„Solitude desolates me; company oppresses me.“

— Fernando Pessoa

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„Solitude was corrupting me. I needed company and care.“
— Vladimir Nabokov
„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
„This perpetual hurry of business and company ruins me in soul if not in body. More solitude and earlier hours!“
— William Wilberforce
„I hate who steals my solitude, without really offer me in exchange company.“
— Friedrich Nietzsche
„True happiness is impossible without solitude…. I need solitude in my life as I need food and drink and the laughter of little children. Extravagant though it may sound, solitude is the filter of my soul. It nourishes me, and rejuvenates me. Left alone, I discovered that I keep myself good company.“
— Sophia Loren
„Give me solitude — give me Nature — give me again, O Nature, your primal sanities!“
— Walt Whitman
„Never forget that solitude is my lot… I implore those who love me to love my solitude."(, May 11, 1910)“
— 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
„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