“Solitude is a human presumption. Every quiet step is thunder to beetle life underfoot, a tug of impalpable thread on the web pulling mate to mate and predator to prey, a beginning or an end. Every choice is a world made new for the chosen.”

Barbara Kingsolver

Barbara Kingsolver - “Solitude is a human presumption...” 1

Similar quotes

“Mandarin ducks mate for life and will die of loneliness if separated from their chosen mate.”

Katherine Patterson
Read more

“I believe solitude to be not only the unavoidable human condition but also the sensible human preference."― Edith Pearlman, Binocular Vision: New and Selected Stories, (from "Mates")”

Edith Pearlman
Read more

“Live in moment, every day is the new beginning of life and every night is the end of life.”

Santosh Kalwar
Read more

“Every beginning has an end and every end has a new beginning, don't worry, broken soul, life will one day come to an end. ”

Santosh Kalwar
Read more

“. . . clumsiness is often mated with a love of solitude.”

Virginia Woolf
Read more