Recluse Quotations

Essays, entitled critical, are epistles addressed to the public, through which the mind of the recluse relieves itself of its impressions.

Me, I walk along and feel quietly defensive, a recluse in the Land of We. That's quite the loaded word, 'we.

I'm happy to feed the illusion that I'm a lazy recluse.

I was bitten by a brown recluse spider. It got me as I was coming out of the shower. I'd never seen that kind of spider before, I'm from Canada and we don't get those types up there.

I'm still a recluse. I still hate everyone. I'm still a misanthrope.

How can you be a recluse in a house full of children, even if you had the inclination to be, which I don't?

I'm kind of a recluse when it comes to going outside.

I do become a recluse once in a while. It's so nice to just be at home and to not have to deal with the outside world.

Recluse fanatics have few ideas or sentiments to communicate . . .

My dad could be beyond brilliant but totally introverted. If we're talking about computers, he's on. Otherwise, he's a total recluse - he stays in the house and won't leave, and I'm like that. If I'm not working, I'm locked up in my room.

Susan Boyle having a meltdown is not controversial. It's human for a 48-year-old recluse to get a little wigged out when she finds herself on the world stage overnight.

I'm kind of a recluse.

I am a recluse at present & do nothing but write & read & read & write

My belief is that 'recluse' is a code word generated by journalists ... meaning, 'doesn't like to talk to reporters'.

In the life of each of us there is a place remote and islanded, and given to endless regret or secret happiness.

Uncompromising thought is the luxury of the closeted recluse.