Elizabeth Gilbert Quotes

Certain springs are tapped only when we are alone. Women need solitude in order to find again the true essence of themselves; that firm strand which will be the indispensable center of a whole web of human relationships.

The most real dialogue for me is when I am alone, writing.

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

Be able to be alone. Lose not the advantage of solitude, and the society of thyself.

We need quiet time to examine our lives openly and honestly - spending quiet time alone gives your mind an opportunity to renew itself and create order.

The starting point of discovering who you are, your gifts, your talents, your dreams, is being comfortable with yourself. Spend time alone. Write in a journal. Take long walks in the woods.

I use solitude as a judge and as a person - a lot.

That's what my music is good for - clearing out the house and being alone.

In order to survive, you have to be alone with yourself to regenerate the spirit.

So it is necessary that we should learn to be alone.

A man can be himself only so long as he is alone, and if he does not love solitude, he will not love freedom, for it is only when he is alone that he is really free.

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

It is only in solitude that I ever find my own core.

Being alone & actually sitting with our own thoughts can lead to such growth and realizations that are rare in our everyday busy lives.

I had friends but I was spending a great deal of my time alone and for me that was vital because there's an awful lot you learn about yourself when you're alone.

I think I began to like writing a lot more, and to be a better writer, when I did it for a while alone. It made me a little more confident about my style.

To really be centered and to really work well and to think about the kinds of things that I need to think about, I need to spend large amounts of time alone.

Writing helps me process things that are happening to me.

I personally think that's incredibly therapeutic to just be alone in your own thoughts and not be freaking out.

If someone is alone reading my poems, I hope it would be like reading someone's notebook. A record. Of a place, beauty, difficulty. A familiar daily struggle.

When I wrote 'Dear Fatty,' I realised that sitting and writing alone is an absolute joy.

In solitude, we find ourselves; we prepare ourselves to come to conversation with something to say that is authentic, ours.

I think alone time is good to know how to be alone with your own thoughts. I think it just helps you kind of be a better, more grounded person.

When I write, I don't like to be around any humans.

People think being alone is a luxury, but it's crucial: Whatever you're not down with about yourself gets loud and in your face.