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“If a woman is to know herself, then periods of solitude should be courted, planned, and embraced.”

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Mary Blakely, born in 1948, is an accomplished author whose works span a variety of genres. Known for her profound insights and unique narrative style, her writing has gained her recognition and awards, including a Nobel Prize nomination. more

“Solitude can become your most meaningful companion and it can assist you in being a more giving person in your spiritual partnerships. Rather than regarding your partner's need for time alone as a threat, see it as a time of renewal that you celebrate. Make every effort to help each other have that space. Treat that space as sacred.”

“Against the suffering which may come upon one from human relationships the readiest safeguard is voluntary isolation, keeping oneself aloof from other people. The happiness which can be achieved along this path is, as we see, the happiness of quietness. Against the dreaded external world one can only defend oneself by some kind of turning away from it, if one intends to solve the task by oneself.”

People Ifs World Humans Kind May Suffering Path Solitude Tasks Oneself Solve Isolation Human Relations Human Relationships Quietness Aloof

Book:Civilization and Its Discontents

Source: Civilization and Its Discontents

“Society is no comfort, to one not sociable.”

Comfort Solitude Sociable

Author:William Shakespeare

“The thought, the deadly thought of solitude.”

Solitude

Author:John Keats

“And being alone is the best way to be When I'm by myself it's the best way to be When I'm all alone it's the best way to be When I'm by myself nobody else can say goodbye”

Way Solitude Best Way Goodbye Saying Goodbye All Alone

Author:Edie Brickell

“We come into the world alone. We go away the same. We're meant to spend the interlude between in closeness or so we tell ourselves. But it's a long way from the morning to the evening.”

World Way Long Morning Solitude Evening Going Away Long Way Closeness

Author:Rod McKuen

“I chose the shadows; they did not choose me. I stay here securely not just because I feel plain, but because disappearance is by now the easy way. The habit. The worn path that I can trod knowingly and be assured safe passage home.”

Way Feels I Can Home Easy Path Habit Solitude Safe Shadow Passages Worn Assured Easy Way Disappearance Choose Me Worn Path

Author:Rod McKuen

“The Union, which can alone insure internal peace, and external security to each State, Must and Shall be Preserved, cost what it may in time, treasure, and blood.”

May War States Blood Security Cost Unions Treasure Civil War Internals Internal Peace

Author:George B. McClellan

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