The right to be alone — the most comprehensive of rights, and the right most valued by civilized man. – Louis D. Brandeis

In solitude, where we are least alone. – George Gordon, Lord Byron, Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage

I see nothing for you on this earth but that field which I once christened Briars; go out upon that, build yourself a hut, and there begin the grand process of devouring yourself alive. I see no alternative, no other hope for you. – William Ellery Channing

In a soulmate we find not company but a completed solitude. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com