Rachel

“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.”
― Michael Harris, Solitude: In Pursuit of a Singular Life in a Crowded World

“nervous hive mentality; it reminds us the self is no monster after all.”
― Michael Harris, 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.”
― Michael Harris, 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.”
― Michael Harris, Solitude: In Pursuit of a Singular Life in a Crowded World