Echoes Across Time

The Romantic in the Wild

For the Romantics, solitude was not isolation but immersion — in nature, in feeling, in the sublime. Emily Dickinson, William Wordsworth, Lord Byron, Victor Hugo, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.

37 total quotes

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For small creatures such as we, the vastness is bearable only through love.

—Carl SaganAstronomer & Author

Post-War ERA • North America

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The past is a country from which no one returns.

—Dulce María LoynazPoet & Novelist

Post-War ERA • Caribbean

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Writing is dangerous. Writers are wolves. And the night is infinite.

—Roberto BolañoNovelist & Poet

Contemporary ERA • Latin America

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The moon appears from the ocean; a thousand miles, she shares the light.

—Li BaiPoet

Medieval ERA • East Asia

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A man who is alone is always in good company.

—Knut HamsunNovelist

Industrial Age ERA • Nordic

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To live is so startling it leaves little room for other occupations.

—Emily DickinsonPoet

Industrial Age ERA • North America

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There is no peace for me, and I am not at war; I fear and hope; I burn and am a mass of ice.

—Francesco PetrarchScholar & Poet

Renaissance ERA • Southern Europe

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Bright moonlight before my bed: I thought it was frost on the ground.

—Li BaiPoet

Medieval ERA • East Asia

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I carry within me a deep silence, a garden of unuttered dreams.

—Juana de IbarbourouPoet

Early Modern ERA • Latin America

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I saw your face, and a great silence fell.

—Eugenio MontalePoet

Early Modern ERA • Southern Europe

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Life is a constant wave, a desire to reach shore.

—Julia de BurgosPoet & Activist

Post-War ERA • Caribbean

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My path is lonely, but I walk with my head held high.

—Mahadevi VarmaPoet & Writer

Early Modern ERA • South Asia

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There are in our existence spots of time that greatly influence our minds.

—William WordsworthPoet

Industrial Age ERA • Western Europe

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Only the wind can hear me now.

—Hone TuwharePoet

Post-War ERA • Oceania

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To my lover I say: You are my heart’s desire, and my soul's refuge.

—Wallada bint al-MustakfiPoet & Caliph

Medieval ERA • MENA

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I am and remain a lonely wanderer.

—Edvard GriegComposer

Industrial Age ERA • Nordic

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Solitude is a necessary evil, a bitter friend.

—Dulce María LoynazPoet & Novelist

Post-War ERA • Caribbean

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In solitude, where we are least alone.

—Lord ByronPoet

Industrial Age ERA • Western Europe

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My garden is not a place, but a state of mind.

—Dulce María LoynazPoet & Novelist

Post-War ERA • Caribbean

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There is only one happiness in this life, to love and be loved.

—George SandNovelist

Industrial Age ERA • Western Europe

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