“The daydreamer is like the tree in which she crouches, oblivious to the red-faced plans of industry. It’s understood that if someone were to come along and put her mind “to use,” she would gain little from the interruption.”
― Solitude: In Pursuit of a Singular Life in a Crowded World
― Solitude: In Pursuit of a Singular Life in a Crowded World
“nervous hive mentality; it reminds us the self is no monster after all.”
― Solitude: In Pursuit of a Singular Life in a Crowded World
― Solitude: In Pursuit of a Singular Life in a Crowded World
“As the twenty-first century lurches forward, though, we find that love letters—so awkward, so slow, so exhausting to compose—are an endangered species. We forget that romantic connections benefit from solitude nearly as much as the beloved’s company.”
― Solitude: In Pursuit of a Singular Life in a Crowded World
― Solitude: In Pursuit of a Singular Life in a Crowded World
“Switching our allegiance from one Big Brother to the next cannot purchase independent thought.”
― Solitude: In Pursuit of a Singular Life in a Crowded World
― Solitude: In Pursuit of a Singular Life in a Crowded World
“To be happily alone is to affirm one’s faith in the love of others.”
― Solitude: In Pursuit of a Singular Life in a Crowded World
― Solitude: In Pursuit of a Singular Life in a Crowded World
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