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“If solitude feels painful, it's only because we don't know how to be alone.”

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“Chapter 8: a walk in the wilds (page 136) They* weren't experiencing solitude when they tramped off with their friends—but they were lowering their levels of connection, mediating things in order to experience an authenticity and communion with nature that their parents took for granted only a few decades earlier. *Referring to teenagers”

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“Chapter 8: a walk in the wilds (page 147) It can't be just that they* need a break from thinking—some of their best thinking is done during this supposed "downtime" out of doors. *Referring to famous walkers like Charles Dickens, Mother Theresa, Martin Luther King Jr, etc...”

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“Chapter 8: a walk in the wilds (page 140) Socrates replied, "Forgive me, my friend. I am devoted to learning; landscapes and trees have nothing to teach me—only the people in the city can do that.”

Book:Solitude

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