Solitude, isolation, are painful things and beyond human endurance.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Solitude is the profoundest fact of the human condition. Man is the only being who knows he is alone.
Solitude is painful when one is young, but delightful when one is more mature.
There's a difference between solitude and loneliness.
The solution to alone-ness is not more solitude, but companionship and community.
Solitude shows us what should be; society shows us what we are.
It's an interesting combination: Having a great fear of being alone, and having a desperate need for solitude and the solitary experience. That's always been a tug of war for me.
Remember that although the distinction can be difficult to draw, loneliness and solitude are different.
Solitude sharpens awareness of small pleasures otherwise lost.
Solitude is pleasant. Loneliness is not.
Loneliness expresses the pain of being alone and solitude expresses the glory of being alone.