May Sarton - Solitude Quotes

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Loneliness is the poverty of self; solitude is the richness of self.

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Life comes in clusters, clusters of solitude, then a cluster when there is hardly time to breathe.

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Solitude
Is not all exaltation, inner space
Where the soul breathes and work can be done.
Solitude exposes the nerve,
Raises up ghosts.
The past, never at rest, flows through it.

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Solitude is the salt of personhood. It brings out the authentic flavor of every experience.

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At any moment solitude may put on the face of loneliness.

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There is no doubt that solitude is a challenge and to maintain balance within it a precarious business. But I must not forget that, for me, being with people or even with one beloved person for any length of time without solitude is even worse. I lose my center. I feel dispersed, scattered, in pieces.

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There is a wilder solitude in winter
When every sense is pricked alive and keen.

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Solitude swells the inner space
Like a balloon.
We are wafted hither and thither
On the air currents.
How to land it?

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Once more I realize that solitude is my element, and the reason is that extreme awareness of other people (all naturally solitary people must feel this) precludes awareness of one's self, so after a while the self no longer knows that it exists.

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The value of solitude - one of its values - is, of course, that there is nothing to cushion against attacks from within, just as there is nothing to help balance at times of particular stress or depression...

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