Valeria

“In a culture in which interpersonal relationships are generally considered to provide the answer to every form of distress, it is sometimes difficult to persuade well-meaning helpers that solitude can be as therapeutic as emotional support.”
― Anthony Storr, Solitude: A Return to the Self

“The human spirit is not indestructible; but a courageous few discover that, when in hell, they are granted a glimpse of heaven.”
― Anthony Storr, Solitude: A Return to the Self

“With the rise of chiefdoms around 7,500 years ago, people had to learn, for the first time in history, how to encounter strangers regularly without attempting to kill them.”
― Jared Diamond, Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies

“I must also have a dark side if I am to be whole.”
― Carl Jung