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“If you look at anything long enough, it turns into style.”

Book:The Widening Spell of the Leaves

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The Widening Spell of the Leaves

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Larry Levis

Larry Levis was an American poet, born on September 30, 1946, and passed away on May 8, 1996. His poetry is known for its profound emotion and exquisite technique, and he is considered one of the representatives of American postmodern poetry. more

“This is the way we summon one another, but it is not the way we call upon the Name. We stand in rags, we beg for tears to dissolve the immovable landmarks of hatred. How beautiful our heritage, to have this way of speaking to eternity, how bountiful this solitude, surrounded, filled, and mastered by the Name, from which all things arise in splendour, depending one upon the other.”

Poetry Solitude Hatred Eternity

Book:Book of Mercy

Source: Book of Mercy

“loneliness is something I've never been bothered with because I've always had this terrible itch for solitude.”

Solitude

Author:Charles Bukowski

“Reveal yourself dear Lord, this day in the special places where we can be alone.”

God Nature Lord Solitude Revealing

Author:John Birch

“Il me semble que sous les ombrages d'une forêt je suis oublié, libre et paisible comme si je n'avais plus d'ennemis.”

Nature Solitude Rousseau

Book:Les rêveries du promeneur solitaire suivi de Mon portrait : lettres à Malesherbes

Source: Les rêveries du promeneur solitaire suivi de Mon portrait : lettres à Malesherbes

“The moral is: stay alone. Any idea of any close relationship should be imaginary, like any story I am writing. This way no harm is done to me or to any other person.”

Writing Relationships Solitude Harm

Author:Patricia Highsmith

“Trust the solitude, Sometimes it can bring you back to you.”

Inspirational Quotes Solitude Quotes To Live By You Solitude Quotes Bubbly

Book:Bubbly By The Sea

Source: Bubbly By The Sea

“he felt a glow of pleasure at the idea that here he would be too far out for the tidal wave of Parisian life to reach him, and yet near enough for the proximity of the capital to strengthen him in his solitude.”

Solitude Depression Crowd Studious Hermitic

Book:Against Nature

Source: Against Nature

“He worked at the hospital as a general surgeon, and she'd ended up asking him lots of questions about the sort of stuff he did (on that particular day he'd removed an appendix and a bile duct). She also asked about normal post-surgery recovery time and procedure times, and he had been very reassuring. They'd ended up talking for a very long time about all sorts of things, which he seemed to sense she'd been in need of. He'd said something about not over-googling health symptoms. And that had led to them talking about social media- he believed that the more people were connected on social media, the lonelier society became. That's why everyone hates each other nowadays, he reckoned. Because they are overloaded with non-friend friends Ever heard about Dunbar's number?”

Solitude Introverts

Book:The Midnight Library

Source: The Midnight Library

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