“In solitude, they will discover the love that might otherwise arrive unnoticed. In solitude, they will understand and respect the love that left them.”

“She frowned at him. 'You are in love with solitude.'
'Is there a better cure for the world than solitude?”

“Never forget that solitude is my lot… I implore those who love me to love my solitude."

(, May 11, 1910)”

“… clumsiness is often mated with a love of solitude.”

“Solitude is not the absence of Love, but its complement.”

“The absence of one we love is not solitude, it is severance.”

“To love can mean 'to love oneself,' and often love is no more than a juxtaposition of two solitudes.”

“The highest form of love is to be the protector of another person’s solitude.”

“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.”

“One of the greatest necessities in America is to discover creative solitude.”