Zainab Toom

“Loneliness is the poverty of self; solitude is richness of self.”
― May Sarton

“The greatest thing in the world is to know how to belong to oneself.”
― Michel de Montaigne, The Complete Essays

“Whosoever is delighted in solitude, is either a wild beast or a god.”
― Aristotle

“Let me tell you this: if you meet a loner, no matter what they tell you, it's not because they enjoy solitude. It's because they have tried to blend into the world before, and people continue to disappoint them.”
― Jodi Picoult, My Sister's Keeper