Solitude

Solitude

Solitude is a state of seclusion or isolation, i.e., lack of contact with people. It may stem from bad relationships, deliberate choice, infectious disease, mental disorders, neurological disorders or circumstances of employment or situation (see castaway).

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Famous quotes containing the word solitude:

    “There is not even silence in the mountains
    But dry sterile thunder without rain
    There is not even solitude in the mountains”
    —T.S. (Thomas Stearns)

    “A solitude is the audience-chamber of God.”
    —Walter Savage Landor (1775–1864)

    “Whosoever is delighted in solitude is either a wild beast or a god.”
    —Francis Bacon (1561–1626)