Solitary

Famous quotes containing the word solitary:

    “He interested me because he was so quiet and solitary and so happy withal; a well of good humor and contentment which overflowed at his eyes. His mirth was without alloy.”
    —Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

    “I love all waste
    And solitary places; where we taste
    The pleasure of believing what we see
    Is boundless, as we wish our souls to be.”
    —Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792–1822)

    “The solitary knows the essence of the thought, the scholar in society only its fair face.”
    —Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)