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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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To fly from, need not be to hate, makind:
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In solitude, where we are least alone. – George Gordon, Lord Byron, Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage

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I see nothing for you on this earth but that field which I once christened Briars; go out upon that, build yourself a hut, and there begin the grand process of devouring yourself alive. I see no alternative, no other hope for you. – William Ellery Channing

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True silence is the rest of the mind, and is to the spirit what sleep is to the body, nourishment and refreshment. – William Penn

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