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“I wanted to be alone, to live unwitnessed and without having to think about anyone else.”

Book:My Friends

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My Friends

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Hisham Matar

Hisham Matar is a Libyan-British writer whose works delve into themes of political oppression, exile, and the human condition. Born in 1970, he is recognized for his novel 'The Return' and his memoir 'In the Country of Men'. more

“When you're dead, they really fix you up. I hope to hell when I do die somebody has sense enough to just dump me in the river or something. Anything except sticking me in a goddam cemetery. People coming and putting a bunch of flowers on your stomach on Sunday, and all that crap. Who wants flowers when you're dead? Nobody.”

Death Cemetery Holden Funeral Rites

Book:THE CATCHER IN THE RYE

Source: THE CATCHER IN THE RYE

“She had always been a solitary soul, relying on her own quiet strength to face life’s challenges. But now, fate had brought her here, to this moment when she needed to believe and count on others.”

Believe Solitude Quotes To Live By

Book:Arya and the Guardians of Azhira

Source: Arya and the Guardians of Azhira

“کبھی کبھی تنہائی ہمیں صرف لوگوں کے ہجوم میں ملتی ہے۔ ویرانوں میں تو ہم اپنے سامنے مزید نمایاں ہو جاتے ہیں۔”

Solitude Crowd

Book:Parizaad / پری زاد

Source: Parizaad / پری زاد

“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”

Solitude

Book:Solitude

Source: Solitude

“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...”

Solitude

Book:Solitude

Source: Solitude

“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.”

Solitude

Book:Solitude

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“She just loved the things she loved, and hated the things she hated.”

Love Solitude

Book:Strange Weather in Tokyo

Source: Strange Weather in Tokyo

“I was pretty sure that I wasn’t very good at this whole love thing. And if being in love required so much effort, then I wasn’t sure I wanted to be a part of it anyway.”

Love Solitude

Author:Hiromi Kawakami

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