Reclusion Quotes

Halfway through his reclusion, Arredondo experienced more than once that almost timeless time. In the first of the house's three patios there was cistern with a frog in it. It never occurred to Arredondo to think that the frog's time, which borders on eternity, was what he himself sought. ~ Jorge Luis Borges

I really am a recluse. I just enjoy watching the wind blow through the trees. In America someone who sits around and does that is at the bottom of the ladder, but in Japan, say, someone who goes up into the mountains is accorded great respect. I guess I am somewhere in between. I enjoy reclusion: it clears my mind. ~ Robert M. Pirsig

For six months, from October to March, I succumbed to my natural tendency for reclusion, living between my bed and my desk. ~ Anne Garréta

The comfort of reclusion, the poetry of hibernation ~ Marcel Proust