“I wonder if living alone makes one more alive. No precious energy goes in disagreement or compromise. No need to augment others, there is just yourself, just truth - a morsel - and you.” IfsNeedsEnergyWonderAliveSolitudeCompromiseDisagreementSinglesLiving Alone Book:Measure of My Days Source: Measure of My Days
“One cannot be honest even at the end of one's life, for no one is wholly alone. We are bound to those we love, or to those who love us, and to those who need us to be brave, or content, or even happy enough to allow them not to worry about us. So we must refrain from giving pain, as our last gift to our fellows.” NeedsGivingEndsEnoughPainLastsWorryHonestFellowsBraveBoundsBeing HonestBe BraveDiscretionRefrainThose We Love Author:Florida Scott-Maxwell
“Our age is so gregarious that there is at present a marked prejudice against anyone being alone. It is looked down on, and a need to be alone is almost considered a fault, a weakness, as though if one cannot endure - more - enjoy being with other people every minute one is aloof, unreal, and somehow to be pitied.” PeopleIfsNeedsAgeEnjoyMinutesSolitudeWeaknessPrejudiceFaultsEndureUnrealAloofGregariousSociability Author:Florida Scott-Maxwell
“You need only claim the events of your life to make yourself yours. When you truly possess all you have been and done, which may take some time, you are fierce with reality. When at last age has assembled you together, will it not be easy to let it all go, lived, balanced, over?” NeedsMayHas BeensDoneRealityAgeTogetherLastsEasyEventsClaimsFierceBalanced Book:Measure of My Days Source: Measure of My Days