You’re surrounded by people. They’re laughing, smiling, and talking. Everyone seems to be having a great time – they all seem to feel so connected with each other. But no matter how much you want that feeling, you can’t help but feel completely alone. A sense of heaviness and hollowness may fill your chest as […]
Do You Ever Feel Like an Outsider Looking In? Here’s Why …
An outsider is a person who quite simply does not fit in with existence-as-we-know-it. Such a person is a fringe dweller, a dropout of humanity, a social oddball, and an alien endlessly coexisting in a society that doesn’t feel like home. On this website, we refer to the outsider as the “lone wolf” who walks […]
The Art of Solitude: 7 Lessons For Modern Times
A man can be himself only so long as he is alone; and if he does not love solitude, he will not love freedom; for it is only when he is alone that he is really free. ~ A. Schopenhauer There are supposedly two main characteristics that have helped us stand out in our evolutionary […]
8 Revealing Reasons Why Living Alone Can Improve The Quality Of Your Life
For the first time in history, great numbers of people – at all ages in all places, of every political persuasion – have begun settling down as singletons. ~ Eric Klinenberg It was the Greek poet Theocritus who declared that “man will ever stand in need of man”, and the great Roman emperor and Stoic […]
Suicide, Creativity, Depression and the Solace of Solitude
Happiness in intelligent people is the rarest thing I know. – Ernest Hemingway (The Garden of Eden) I’ve been reading Infinite Jest for the last few days, and was saddened to find out that the brilliant author of the book (David Foster Wallace) committed suicide. I’m not surprised though. For a long time I’ve thought […]
45 Sublime Solitude Quotes That Will Make You Think
Solitude and Loneliness. They seem very similar on the outside, but the only characteristic both have in common is the state of physical solitude. Inside, solitude and loneliness are both tremendously different experiences. While solitude is chosen, loneliness is imposed by others. Solitude is the desire to be in your own presence and enjoy your own […]
