Judith Guest Quotes

When I feel a little confused, the only thing to do is to turn back to the study of nature before launching once again into the subjects closest to heart.

By all means use some time to be alone.

Cycling can be lonely, but in a good way. It gives you a moment to breathe and think, and get away from what you're working on.

In quiet moments, I love to read.

I highly recommend time to yourself.

When from our better selves we have too long been parted by the hurrying world, and droop. Sick of its business, of its pleasures tired, how gracious, how benign is solitude.

It is important from time to time to slow down, to go away by yourself, and simply be.

There is nothing like being left alone again, to walk peacefully with oneself in the woods. To boil one's coffee and fill one's pipe, and to think idly and slowly as one does it.

When the traveler goes alone he gets acquainted with himself.

It's important to have quiet time and isolation.

When I was growing up, the place I felt least alone was when I was reading.

I'm quiet and introverted, and I like to just be by myself a lot. I like to read and just get away and surf. I have a lot of alone time.

Everywhere I have sought rest and not found it, except sitting in a corner by myself with a little book.

I don't like to be alone, but I do cherish the moments that I'm alone with a good book.

I always wanted to live alone for a month in a lakeside cabin. In my fantasy, I enter a state of perfect peace and grow my own kale and stuff, but in real life, I think I might be very bored after four days.

At home, I dedicate occasional whole days to reading as if I'm a convalescent. The ideal place for this is the bath, where the body floats free. Books go a little wavy, but they're mine, so who cares.

For solace, I love a book that opens up my perspective.

Don't get me wrong: if I'm having fun, I'm going to have fun. But I need a lot of quiet time.

Solitude bears the same relation to the mind that sleep does to the body. It affords it the necessary opportunities for repose and recovery.

When you are with everyone but me, you're with no one. When you are with no one but me, you're with everyone. Instead of being so bound up with everyone, be everyone. When you become that many, you're nothing. Empty.

I find I have to give myself a day when I just shut myself off and do nothing but read.

I was on my own at Wellesley, surrounded by a lot of young women who were motivated and intellectually curious. I started to read because I was required to do so for class, but I soon found myself enjoying the seclusion of the library. I came to see reading as an important way to learn about people, including myself.

I'm learning the power of going away for the weekend and keeping myself company.

Especially on unexpected journeys, you have time; you can figure certain deeper things out, like who you are and what you want. That's why I enjoy journeys.

I hole up now and then and do nothing for days but read.