„Come let us mock at the goodThat fancied goodness might be gay,And sick of solitudeMight proclaim a holiday:Wind shrieked— and where are they?“

— W.B. Yeats

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„It is good to be solitary, for solitude is difficult; that something is difficult must be a reason the more for us to do it.“
— Rainer Maria Rilke
„Winter solitude-in a world of one colourthe sound of the wind.“
— Bashō Matsuo
„A good marriage is that in which each appoints the other guardian of his solitude.“
— Rainer Maria Rilke
„God created man, and finding him not sufficiently alone, gave him a female companion so that he might feel his solitude more acutely.“
— Paul Valéry
„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