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Solitude is independence.

All men’s miseries derive from not being able to sit in a quiet room alone.

There are times in my life when I just want to be by myself.

Solitude is not something you must hope for in the future. Rather, it is a deepening of the present, and unless you look for it in the present you will never find it.

Music was my refuge. I could crawl into the space between the notes and curl my back to loneliness.

All men’s miseries derive from not being able to sit in a quiet room alone.

In Genesis, it says that it is not good for a man to be alone; but sometimes it is a great relief.

It is after all the greatest art to limit and isolate oneself.

I’m an introvert… I love being by myself, love being outdoors, love taking a long walk with my dogs and looking at the trees, flowers, the sky.

I have never found a companion that was so companionable as solitude. We are for the most part more lonely when we go abroad among men than when we stay in our chambers. A man thinking or working is always alone, let him be where he will.