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Whenever one speaks of lonely people one takes too much for granted. One thinks people all know what they're dealing with. No, they do not. They've ne...more

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The more we speak of solitude, the clearer it becomes that at the bottom it is not something one can choose to take or leave. We are lonely. One can d...more

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And children are still the way you were ...as a child, sad and happy in just the same way and if you think of your childhood, you once again live amon...more

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I want to be with those who know secret things or else alone.

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At first the solitudecharmed me like a prelude,but so much music wounded me.

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We are solitary. We can delude ourselves about this and act as if it were not true. That is all.

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Children are still the way you were as a child, sad and happy in just the same way--and if you think of your childhood, you once again live among them...more

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[A]t bottom, and just in the deepest and most important things, we are unutterably alone, and for one person to be able to advise or even help another...more

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I hold this to be the highest task of a bond between two people: that each should stand guard over the solitude of the other.

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What is needed is this, and this alone: solitude, great inner loneliness. Going into oneself and not meeting anyone for hours – that is what one must ...more

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Therefore, dear Sir, love your solitude and try to sing out with the pain it causes you. For those who are near you are far away... and this shows tha...more

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And that is why it is so important to be solitary and attentive when one is sad: because the seemingly uneventful and motionless moment when our futur...more

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It is good to be alone, for solitude is difficult; that something is difficult should be one more reason to do it.

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And you should not let yourself be confused in your solitude by the fact that there is something in you that wants to move out of it.

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But your solitude will be a support and a home for you, even in the midst of very unfamiliar circumstances, and from it you will find all your paths.