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Quote by Jonathan Franzen

“the first lesson reading teaches us is how to be alone.”

Quote by Jonathan Franzen

Book:How to Be Alone

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How to Be Alone

This book delves into the concept of being alone, exploring its various aspects and providing practical strategies for embracing and thriving in solitude. more

Author

Jonathan Franzen

American contemporary novelist, known for his profound social insight and unique literary style. His works include 'The Corrections' and 'Freedom'. more

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“Frantic smiles at parties, overtures that have desperation behind them, miasmic reaches of talk with the lost bore, short cuts to approach through staring, squeezing or kissing all indicate that one cannot live alone. Not only is there no question of solitude, but in the long run we may not choose our company.”

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“I’ve always been somewhat isolated. I’ve borne my isolation with me through the crowd as the snail bears its house. For some people isolation isn’t a circumstance in which they find themselves, it’s an innate characteristic. And through this act my isolation is likely to increase; no matter how it ends, whether badly or well, for me the “punishment” will be solitary confinement for life.”

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“The average mind cannot enjoy solitude. It requires courage to rise above average.”

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“In the castle of lurid Smiles, In the realm of void Ecstasy, In the clutches of mad Nostalgia - There flowed a river of serene Tranquility, Charmed by the halo of yet unknown. And there she trespassed - To hear the resonance of her soul, To touch the rainbow of her sun, To feel the nerve of her being. She seemed to love her nest, A tender bud caressing the depth of sweet Solitude. Yet she longed to traverse through that river, Crossing the limps of jolting Madness. For sometimes she heard the beckoning of a Rainbow, Burning the sky of a distant land, Charmed by the halo of yet known.”

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Book:A Whispering Leaf. . .

Source: A Whispering Leaf. . .

“It is what one takes into solitude that grows there, the beast within included”

Book:Así habló Zaratustra

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“Never have I though so much, ever have I realized my own existence so much, been so much alive, been so much myself if may so say, as in those journeys which I have made alone and afoot. Walking has something in it which animates and heightens my ideas: I can scarcely think when I stay in one place; my body must be set a-going if my mind is to work.”

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Author:Arnold Haultain

“I spent my first Christmas in the city alone. Alone, but not lonely; in the state of being solitary but not the condition of wishing myself otherwise. Solitude enrobed me like a long, warm coat.”

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“Solitude is the balm for the bruised soul.”

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“Не надо слишком в жизни суетиться. Всё, что должно, успеется само. Всё, что должно, конечно же случится. И свежий ветер залетит в окно.”

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