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The Stranger in the Woods: The Extraordinary Story of the Last True Hermit

Book by Michael Finkel · 1 quotes · Solitude, Silence, Alone

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“It's possible that Knight believed he was one of the few sane people left. He was confounded by the idea that passing the prime of your life in a cubicle, spending hours a day at a computer, in exchange for money, was considered acceptable, but relaxing in a tent in the woods was disturbed. Observing the trees was indolent; cutting them down was enterprising. What did Knight do for a living? He lived for a living.”

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