Alyssa Lin

“I think,” Thoreau wrote in his essay “Walking,” “that I cannot preserve my health and spirits unless I spend four hours a day at least—and it is commonly more than that—sauntering through the woods and over the hills and fields absolutely free from all worldly engagements.” Ha! Four hours! Clearly Thoreau did not own a smartphone.”
― Natalie Eve Garrett, The Lonely Stories: 22 Celebrated Writers on the Joys & Struggles of Being Alone