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“There are degrees and kinds of solitude. An island in a lake has one kind; but lakes have boats, and there is always the chance that one might land to pay you a visit. A peak in the clouds has another kind; but most peaks have trails, and trails have tourists. I know of no solitude so secure as one guarded by a spring flood; nor do the geese, who have seen more kinds and degrees of aloneness than I have.”

Book:A Sand County Almanac: With Essays on Conservation

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A Sand County Almanac: With Essays on Conservation

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Aldo Leopold

Aldo Leopold was an American author, philosopher, conservationist, and environmentalist. He is best known for his book 'A Sand County Almanac', which is considered a foundational text in environmental ethics and wildlife management. Leopold was born on January 11, 1887, and passed away on April 21, 1948. more

“Every morning he would go to sleep telling himself that he had had enough, that there would be no more of it, and every afternoon he would wake up with the same desire, the same irresistible urge to crawl back into the car. He wanted that solitude again, that nightlong rush through the emptiness, that rumbling of the road along his skin.”

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Book:The Music of Chance

Source: The Music of Chance

“Solitude will teach you how to navigate your inner dialogue. In the space of silence you hear clearly, the voice of your own soul.”

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Author:Nikki Rowe

“If then you notice that [your solitude] is great, rejoice because of this; for what (ask yourself) would solitude be that had no greatness; there is but one solitude, and that is great, and not easy to bear, and to almost everybody come hours when they would gladly exchange it for any sort of intercourse, however banal and cheap, for the semblance of some slight accord with the first comer, with the unworthiest... But perhaps those are the very hours when solitude grows; for its growing is painful as the growing of boys and sad as the beginning of springtimes. But that must not mislead you. The necessary thing is after all but this: solitude, great inner solitude.”

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Book:Letters to a Young Poet

Source: Letters to a Young Poet

“Think for yourself. Some people see warnings signs when they are alone. I see warning signs in a crowd.”