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“To have passed through life and never experienced solitude is to have never known oneself. To have never known oneself is to have never known anyone.”

Quote by Joseph Wood Krutch

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Joseph Wood Krutch

Joseph Wood Krutch was an American writer known for his literary criticism and nature writing. His works covered a wide range of subjects, including literature, philosophy, and nature. Born on November 25, 1893, he passed away on May 22, 1970. more

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“The reason that extended solitude seemed so hard to endure was not that we missed others but that we began to wonder if we ourselves were present, because for so long our existence depended upon assurances from them.”

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Source: Fifty Days of Solitude: A Memoir

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Book:Mother Teresa: Essential Writings

Source: Mother Teresa: Essential Writings

“He came amongst his own and his own received him not, and it hurt him then and it has kept on hurting him. The same hunger, the same loneliness, the same having no one to be accepted by and to be loved and wanted by.”

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Source: Meditations on the Way of the Cross

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