So it is that Lonely Places attract as many lonely people as they prod…

Pico Iyer
53 citations
So it is that Lonely Places attract as many lonely people as they produce, and the loneliness we see in them is partly in ourselves.
Humanity
32

More Author Quotes

As Thoreau famously sead, it doesn't matter where or how far you go - the farther commonly the worse - the important thing is how alive you are. Writing of every kind is a way to wake oneself up and … ▶
For more and more of us, home has less to do with a piece of soil than a piece of soul.
What more could one ask of a companion? To be forever new and yet forever steady, to be strange and familiar all at once, with enough change to quicken my mind, enough steadiness to give sanctuary to … ▶
A lack of affiliation may mean a lack of accountability, and forming a sense of commitment can be hard without a sense of community. Displacement can encourage the wrong kinds of distance, and if the … ▶
In an age of distraction, nothing can feel more luxurious than paying attention. ✨ Pico Iyer (2014). The Art of Stillness: Adventures in Going Nowhere, p.66, Simon and Schuster

So it is that Lonely Places attract as many lonely people as they produce, and the loneliness we see in them is partly in ourselves.

More Author Quotes

Most Cited Authors

The Best Quotes

Most Liked Authors

Curated Author Quotes