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:
“People who abhor solitude may abhor company almost as much.”
—Mason Cooley (b. 1927)
“A poet is a nightingale, who sits in darkness and sings to cheer its own solitude with sweet sounds; his auditors are as men entranced by the melody of an unseen musician, who feel that they are moved and softened, yet know not whence or why.”
—Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792–1822)
“On the tree, Future, we build our nest; and in our solitude eagles shall bring us nourishment in their beaks!”
—Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)