Elizabeth Bowen Quotes About Solitude

Quotes about: Solitude

• Not only is there no question of solitude, but in the long run we may not choose our company.

  Elizabeth Bowen

  Running, Loneliness, Long

  Elizabeth Bowen (1938). “The death of the heart”, Viking Pr

• Karen, her elbows folded on the deck-rail, wanted to share with someone the pleasure in being alone: this is the paradox of any happy solitude. She had never landed at Cork, so this hill and that hill beyond were as unexpected as pictures at which you say "Oh look!" Nobody was beside her to share the moment, which would have been imperfect with anyone else there.

  Elizabeth Bowen

  Solitude, Looks, Elbows

• Solitary and farouche people don't have relationships; they are quite unrelatable. If you and I were capable of being altogether house-trained and made jolly, we should be nicer people, but not writers.

  Elizabeth Bowen

  People, House, Solitude

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