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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For every five well-adjusted and smoothly functioning Americans, there are two who never had the chance to discover themselves. It may well be because they have never been alone with themselves. – Marya Mannes

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alone
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The curse of the romantic is a greed for dreams, an intensity of expectation that, in the end, diminishes the reality. – Marya Mannes

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Dreams
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Nobody objects to a woman being a good writer or sculptor or geneticist if at the same time she manages to be a good wife, a good mother, good-looking, good-tempered, well-dressed, well-groomed, and unaggressive. – Marya Mannes

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The reason old souls enjoy spending time alone is because they never really are. – Author Unknown

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Get away from the crowd when you can. Keep yourself to yourself, if only for a few hours daily. – Arthur Brisbane

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You will not find a soulmate in the quiet of your room. You must go to a noisy place and look in the quiet corners. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

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The higher we rise, the more isolated we become; all elevations are cold. – Boufflers

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