This is to be along; this, this is solitude!

This is to be along; this, this is solitude!

Among them, but not of them.

Among them, but not of them.

Converse with men makes sharp the glittering wit,
But God to man doth speak in solitude.

Converse with men makes sharp the glittering wit,
But God to man doth speak in solitude.

Loneliness is and always has been the central and inevitable experience of every man.

Loneliness is and always has been the central and inevitable experience of every man.

Far from the madding crowd's ignoble strife.

Far from the madding crowd's ignoble strife.

In solitude, when we are least alone.

In solitude, when we are least alone.

I was never less alone than when by myself.

I was never less alone than when by myself.

I am afraid to show you who I really am, because if I show you who I really am, you read more

I am afraid to show you who I really am, because if I show you who I really am, you might not like it--and that's all I got.

I lived in solitude in the country and noticed how the monotony of a quiet life stimulates the creative mind

I lived in solitude in the country and noticed how the monotony of a quiet life stimulates the creative mind