Nathaniel Hawthorne Quotes

Never having alone time is real tough on people.

No matter how much we love our family and friends, a part of us needs the occasional moment of solitude as a plant needs water. It is the inmost core of each of us that, that part which nobody can define but which we all recognize because it never changes.

People drain me, even the closest of friends, and I find loneliness to be the best state in the union to live in.

You may not enjoy loneliness, because loneliness is sad. But solitude is something else; solitude is what you look forward to when you want to be alone, when you want to be with yourself. So, solitude is something we all need from time to time.

Woe unto him that is never alone, and cannot bear to be alone.

The kind of solitude that refreshes and restores is very important, not just for children, not just for adolescents, but for all of us. If you don't teach your children how to be alone they will only be able to be lonely.

I thrive best on solitude. If I have had a companion only one day in a week, unless it were one or two I could name, I find that the value of the week to me has been seriously affected. It dissipates my days, and often it takes me another week to get over it.

Ursula craved solitude but she hated loneliness, a conundrum that she couldn’t even begin to solve.

Solitude is an essential element for the spiritual health of a child. If we only stimulate our children - keep them busy with endless stories with no space to be alone - that's not good.

Reading - the best state yet to keep absolute loneliness at bay.

I've led a very isolated existence since I was 6 years old. It's kind of been me and my mind.

If you are lonely when you are alone, you are in poor company.

There's a difference between solitude and loneliness.

I was never less alone than when by myself.

Solitude is pleasant. Loneliness is not.

I really need to be alone. I can't deal with someone sleeping next to me.

Sometimes I get lonely, but it's nice to be alone.

Remember that although the distinction can be difficult to draw, loneliness and solitude are different.

I don't know that I spent any more time alone than any other kid, but being by myself never bothered me.

I stay in my own little zone, and that's good for me.

I could go days, weeks, without talking to another human being.

I spend my life essentially alone at a computer. That doesn't change. I have the same challenges every day.

People say you've got to be OK with your own company, but tell me why?

I make a genuine distinction between loneliness and aloneness. I know what each is like. There are times I'm lonely. But there are also many times when I need to be alone, when I don't want the feeling of someone else in the house other than the cats.

What defines loneliness is our internal comfort level.