“Find meaning. Distinguish melancholy from sadness. Go out for a walk. It doesn’t have to be a romantic walk in the park, spring at its most spectacular moment, flowers and smells and outstanding poetical imagery smoothly transferring you into another world. It doesn’t have to be a walk during which you’ll have multiple life epiphanies and discover meanings no other brain ever managed to encounter. Do not be afraid of spending quality time by yourself. Find meaning or don’t find meaning but ‘steal’ some time and give it freely and exclusively to your own self. Opt for privacy and solitude. That doesn’t make you antisocial or cause you to reject the rest of the world. But you need to breathe. And you need to be.” ― Albert Camus – Thank you.

“How can you hear your soul if everyone is talking?”  ― Mary Doria Russell

“The reason old souls enjoy spending time alone is because they never really are.”  – Unknown

“Solitude is fine but you need someone to tell that solitude is fine.” ― Honoré de Balzac – it’s fine.

Don’t kid yourself, she’s rarely alone. – Love, Jake and Charlie

Solitude Photo Challenge