Rae Carson

I grew up in a cloistered, conservative culture that adhered to strict gender roles. So it's easy to understand why the 'girl dressed as a boy' trope resonated so much. In a world that didn't want to give people like me adventures or significance, books with cross-dressing girls were treasures.

American Writer

Chelsea Clinton

I've always been aware of both how extraordinarily normal and how extraordinarily extraordinary my life has been. It's always been important, first to my parents when I was younger, and now very much to me, to live in the world. I would never want to live in a cloister.

American Celebrity

Vince Cable

My college, Fitzwilliam, was pretty good but unfashionable and I lived in digs so I was not part of the cloistered 'old college' environment, which frankly was a bit intimidating. But I worked hard and settled in by exploring politics and girls.

British Politician

Mary Garden

Krishna children were taught that in the spiritual world there were no parents, only souls and hence this justified their being kept out of view from others, cloistered in separate buildings and sheltered from the evil material world.

Scottish Musician

Kim Edwards

After 'Memory Keeper's Daughter,' it took me a few months to shut out the world. I really had to turn off the Internet and sort of cloister myself away from the world again and sink into that psychic space to write again.

American Author

Melissa Leo

As an actor, you live a little bit of a cloistered life. It's a lonely life. You oddly, strangely find yourself all alone, quite often, with a lot of time to think.

American Actress

Neil Turok

Scientists cloister themselves away from the rest of society, happy just to receive their next grant. They lose their connection to a purpose.

South African Physicist

John Ridley

I understand politicos gotta make bank. But cloistering with the Hollywood elite is not how you prove you're a man of the people.

American Director

Jewel

There are a lot of things about fame that are not conducive to being curious. It's been important for me to cloister myself off.

American Musician

Abbe Pierre

Those seven years in the cloister were the key to my life.

French Clergyman

Used to describe specific structures in religious or academic buildings related to architecture.

Architectural Term

A cloister dates back to medieval times; understanding this can help visualize the setting.

Historical Context

Recognize cloisters as peaceful spaces for reflection, often associated with history and culture.

Cultural Significance

Beyond physical spaces, 'cloister' can metaphorically suggest a simple, isolated lifestyle.

Metaphoric Use

'Cloister' implies a voluntary choice of isolation or simplicity, not an imposed condition.

Personal Choice

As a verb, 'cloister' suggests someone choosing to isolate themselves for a purpose.

Self-Imposed Isolation

When used as a verb, it often refers to a temporary period, not a permanent lifestyle.

Temporary Action

 It's hulking, it's silent, it's cloistered, it's arrogant, it's a design challenge. Architects love to hate it. One redeeming feature is it's lifted up off the ground and it's got this void, and it's got an empty core kind of in the spirit and that facade

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 it's hulking its silent its cloistered its arrogant it's a design challenge architects love to hate it a one redeeming feature is its lifted up off the ground and it's got this void and it's God an empty core kind of in the

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