Bob

“The science of government it is my duty to study, more than all other sciences; the arts of legislation and administration and negotiation ought to take the place of, indeed exclude, in a manner, all other arts. I must study politics and war, that our sons may have liberty to study mathematics and philosophy. Our sons ought to study mathematics and philosophy, geography, natural history and naval architecture, navigation, commerce and agriculture in order to give their children a right to study painting, poetry, music, architecture, statuary, tapestry and porcelain.”
― John Adams, Letters of John Adams, Addressed to His Wife

“If you're lonely when you're alone, you're in bad company.”
― Jean-Paul Sartre

“Solitude is fine but you need someone to tell that solitude is fine.”
― Honoré de Balzac

“The things you used to own, now they own you.”
― Chuck Palahniuk, Fight Club