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They hand in hand, with wandering steps and slow, through Eden took their solitary way.

— John Milton

A good marriage is one in which each partner appoints the other to be the guardian of his solitude.

Solitude is the place of purification.

Without great solitude no serious work is possible.

In solitude the mind gains strength and learns to lean upon itself.

There is pleasure in the pathless woods, there is a rapture on the lonely shore.

— Lord Byron

Solitude is not the absence of company, but the moment when our soul is free to speak to us.

Solitude is fine but you need someone to tell that solitude is fine.

I thought how unpleasant it is to be locked out; and I thought how it is worse, perhaps, to be locked in.

— Virginia Woolf

I think it's very healthy to spend time alone. You need to know how to be alone and not be defined by another person.

Talents are best nurtured in solitude, but character is best formed in the stormy billows of the world.

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

A man can be himself only so long as he is alone; and if he does not love solitude, he will not love freedom.

— Arthur Schopenhauer

Sometimes it's better to be alone — nobody can hurt you.

Solitude is creativity's best friend.

Great men are like eagles, and build their nest on some lofty solitude.

— Arthur Schopenhauer

Solitude sometimes is best society.

— John Milton

The monotony and solitude of a quiet life stimulates the creative mind.

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