"One can endure sorrow alone, but it takes two to be glad."
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"We must be ready to learn from one another, not claiming that we alone possess all truth and that somehow we have a corner on God."
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"The best thing about the bedroom was the bed. I liked to stay in bed for hours, even during the day with covers pulled up to my chin. It was good in there, nothing ever occurred in there, no people, nothing."
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"The secret to overcoming a feeling of loneliness is not going outside to meet people. That will only keep you from being alone. The secret is going inside yourself, to realize your true kinship with God and with all the human beings that he created."
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"The primary distinction of the artist is that he must actively cultivate that state which most men, necessarily, must avoid: the state of being alone."
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"Separate we come, and separate we go, And this be it known, is all that we know."
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"Often whole days pass without my speaking to anyone."
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"And to get the work done that I must do, one has to work in isolation and not be readily disturbed... I don't have daily newspapers, and I like to feel when I get up in the morning my attention is fixed on the work I am going to do."
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"I’d rather be poor and happy than rich and alone."
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"Alone, and without any reference to his neighbours, without any interference, the artist can fashion a beautiful thing; and if he does not do it solely for his own pleasure, he is not an artist at all."
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"A little while alone in your room will prove more valuable than anything else that could ever be given you."
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"Never do I close my door behind me without being conscious that I am carrying out an act of charity towards myself."
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"Feeling lonely and ignoble indicates that you haven't been patient."
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"Solitude: a sweet absence of looks."
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