Quote by Marya Mannes
The great omission in American life is solitude; not loneliness, f

The great omission in American life is solitude; not loneliness, for this is an alienation that thrives most in the midst of crowds, but that zone of time and space, free from the outside pressures, which is the incubator of the spirit. – Marya Mannes

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I’m not anti-social. I’m pro-solitude. – Author Unknown

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Inside myself is a place where I live all alone, and that’s where I renew my springs that never dry up. – Pearl Buck

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Solitude coaxes magical things from our souls. – Terri Guillemets

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What a commentary on civilization, when being alone is being suspect; when one has to apologize for it, make excuses, hide the fact that one practices it — like a secret vice. – Anne Morrow Lindbergh

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