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I think, if you have enough inner resources, then you can live in isolation for long periods of time and not feel diminished by it.

Being alone & actually sitting with our own thoughts can lead to such growth and realizations that are rare in our everyday busy lives.

People, including me, can get so detached from everything, but when you can focus on a defined place, a home, it gets you back in touch.

When you feel like an outsider - for whatever reason - you spend a lot of time alone.

Nowadays, I know the true reason I read is to feel less alone, to make a connection with a consciousness other than my own.

I think you miss out on a lot of stuff when you're so protected and isolated.

I'm a somewhat isolated person in my own way, or I move along a little trail, I go this place, I go that place. It's not like I'm varying my exposure.

You know, one of my fears about living alone so long is that you get used to doing everything your own way.

I think sometimes if you are alone, you are freer because your time is your own.

It is well to be alone. It fertilizes the creative impulse.