Solitary

Famous quotes containing the word solitary:

“Life is for each man a solitary cell whose walls are mirrors.”
—Eugene O’Neill (1888–1953)

“There are no small number of people in this world who, solitary by nature,
always try to go back into their shell like a hermit crab or a snail.”
—Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (1860–1904)

“Those lovers, purified by tragedy,
Hurry into each other’s arms; these eyes,
By water, herb and solitary prayer
Made aquiline, are open to that light.
Though somewhat broken by the leaves, that light
Lies in a circle on the grass.”
—William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)