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No man should go through life without once experiencing healthy, e

No man should go through life without once experiencing healthy, even bored solitude in the wilderness, finding himself depending solely on himself and thereby learning his true and hidden strength. – Jack Kerouac

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Mankind is like dogs, not gods – as long as you dont get mad theyll bite you – but stay mad and youll never be bitten. Dogs dont respect humility and sorrow. – Jack Kerouac

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There is a privacy about it which no other season gives you…. In spring, summer and fall people sort of have an open season on each other; only in the winter, in the country, can you have longer, quiet stretches when you can savor belonging to yourself. – Ruth Stout

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We visit others as a matter of social obligation. How long has it been since we have visited with ourselves? – Morris Adler

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I have a great deal of company in the house, especially in the morning when nobody calls. – Henry David Thoreau

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Life without a friend is death without a witness. – Proverb

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