“ Nobody enjoys the company of others as intensely as someone who usually avoids the company of others. Mokokoma Mokhonoana
“ Some artists benefit less from being interviewed than they do from being left alone. Mokokoma Mokhonoana
“ Sometimes the idea of living as a hermit appeals to all of us. No demands, no needs, no pain, no disappointments. But that is because we have been hurt, are worn out. John Eldredge
“ I understand I've made an unusual lifestyle choice. But the label 'crazy' bothers me. Annoys me. Because it prevents response. When someone asks if you're crazy, Knight lamented, you can either say ye… Michael Finkel
“ Yes. They are the words that finally turned me into the hermit I have now become. It was quite sudden. I saw them, and I knew what I had to do.The sign read:Hold stick near center of its length. Moist… Douglas Adams
“ In theory I can do almost anything; certainly I have been told how. In practice I do as little as possible. I pretend to myself that I would be quite happy in a hermit's cave, living on gruel, if some… Margaret Atwood
“ Silence is the universal refuge, the sequel to all dull discourses and all foolish acts, a balm to our every chagrin, as welcome after satiety as after disappointment; that background which the painte… Henry David Thoreau
“ The Hermit is an important tarot card with much to tell us, but he tends not to be so welcome around the bonfire. Thomm Quackenbush
“ Jade blinked. It was only for a fraction of a second but she could have sworn the the house had changed shape. Richard J. Ward
“ A fine line separates the weary recluse from the fearful hermit. Finer still is the line between hermit and bitter misanthrope. Dean Koontz
“ It's quite simple, they poisoned it with smoke, chemicals and pollution from factories and cars, and power stations. Silly humans knew what they were doing, but carried on poisoning the planet anyway. Richard J. Ward
“ I am not poor, I am not rich; nihil est, nihil deest, I have little, I want nothing: all my treasure is in Minerva’s tower...I live still a collegiate student...and lead a monastic life, ipse mihi the… Robert Burton
“ It was like hiking into a Hemingway story everything was sepia-toned and bristling with subtext. Leslie What
“ Too lazy to be ambitious,I let the world take care of itself.Ten days' worth of rice in my bag;a bundle of twigs by the fireplace.Why chatter about delusion and enlightenment?Listening to the night ra… Ryōkan
“ Of course, I'm not quite ready to forsake all the products of society, just yet. I have my clothes, my books, etc... But more and more I can see myself leaving much of the rest behind - leaving their… Mark X.
“ Man was born for society. However little He may be attached to the World, He never can wholly forget it, or bear to be wholly forgotten by it. Disgusted at the guilt or absurdity of Mankind, the Misan… Matthew Lewis
“ Now it’s computers and more computersand soon everybody will have one,3-year-olds will have computersand everybody will know everythingabout everybody elselong before they meet them.nobody will want t… Charles Bukowski
