Self Isolation Quotes

“a thought she'd once had about Lamb was that when they'd pulled the Wall down he'd built himself another, and had been living behind it ever since”
― Mick Herron, Real Tigers

“These are not ordinary times where we play politics and juggle with the safety of the society. These are the times that demand prompt decisions and utter responsibility towards not just the self but our kind – the humankind.”
― Abhijit Naskar

“Ruefully, nobody perceives me as exceptionally gifted, intelligent, handsome, or physically strong. My sense of alienation stems from an inferiority complex, depressive nature, and manic tendencies that repulse other people. For many years, I passively accepted my clumsiness, uselessness, and lack of capacity for learning by avoiding serious literature and other opportunities for personal growth. I embraced personal ignorance by favoring tactile sensations and gross pleasure afforded in a materialistic culture that revels in a hedonistic lifestyle.”
― Kilroy J. Oldster, Dead Toad Scrolls

“Right now the first and foremost priority of the entire humankind must be to plank the curve through self-isolation.”
― Abhijit Naskar

“Social psychologists have likened the effects of COVID-19 to that of the great World Wars for the characteristics are all there down to the sirens and curfews; it is after all a life-altering event that has blanketed the world with uncertainty and an unfathomable restriction on personal freedoms.”
― Aysha Taryam

“This traumatic episode in history is proving to be one twisted psychological experiment on a massive scale, a testing whose effects on the mind will be studied for years to come for we know that after trauma comes the post-traumatic episodes and the world needs to be ready to help those of us who will need to be mentally supported once the worst is behind us.”
― Aysha Taryam

“Love is beautiful; however, it has also a dark side since it can cause one, self-isolation.”
― Ehsan Sehgal

“With Death itself in the streets, I didst turneth hence from the Broth'rhood of Man and seeketh deliv'rance in distraction.”
― Stewart Stafford

“With Death itself in the streets, I entomb'd myself from the Broth'rhood of Man to seeketh deliv'rance in distraction.”
― Stewart Stafford

“Virtually, I realize differently rather than others' perspective since protective measures against the outbreak of coronavirus epidemic, execute not a self-isolation; it shows a determined and forcing-advice-isolation unconsciously. Consequently, family and friends' contacts also have become broken, unfortunately.”
― Ehsan Sehgal

“One dares to say that only a pandemic of this scale could have slowed down the rat race yet this too will prove beneficial to some of us and a sheer torture to others for the mirror that COVID-19 has forced us to look into is one that has no cracks, it reflects reality in its harshest form and unless we truly look, and come out the other side changed human beings, all this agony would have been for nothing.”
― Aysha Taryam

“Imagine being given the opportunity to take time out of your life, for five whole years. Free of social obligations, free of work commitments. Think how well you would get to know yourself, all that time to consider your past and the choices you had made, to focus on your personal development, to know yourself through and through, to work out your goals in life, your true ambitions.
None of this happened, not to me. Perhaps for someone else it would have been different. Any insight I have gained has been the result of later reflection. Solitude did not breed introspection, quite the reverse. My days were spent outside, immersed in nature, watching.”
― Neil Ansell, Deep Country: Five Years in the Welsh Hills

“The silence outside was reflected by a growing silence within. Any interior monologue quietened to a whisper, then faded away entirely.”
― Neil Ansell, Deep Country: Five Years in the Welsh Hills

“Self-isolation for protection from coronavirus has turned into tiring life and boring.”
― Ehsan Sehgal