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There are particular occasions when one may be most painfully moved to see a person standing utterly alone in the world. The other day I saw a poor girl walking utterly alone to church to be confirmed.
Søren Kierkegaard Either/Or · 1843

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“There are particular occasions when one may be most painfully moved to see a person standing utterly alone in the world. The other day I saw a poor girl walking utterly alone to church to be confirmed.”

Søren Kierkegaard · Either/Or, 1843 · Primary source

“It is better to be alone than in bad company.”

Ralph Waldo Emerson · The Transcendentalist, 1842 · Primary source

“I find it wholesome to be alone the greater part of the time. To be in company, even with the best, is soon wearisome and dissipating. I love to be alone. I never found the companion that was so companionable as solitude.”

Henry David Thoreau · Walden, 1849 · Primary source

“Painters, writers, musicians are lonely people. So are statesmen and admirals and generals. But then, I added to be fair, so are criminals and lunatics. Let’s just say, not to be too flattering, that true Individuals are lonely.”

Ian Fleming · The Spy Who Loved Me, 1962 · Primary source

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Solitude

4 authors · 4 works · 8 themes · 15 tags
Authors
Ralph Waldo Emerson American essayist and philosopherHenry David Thoreau American writer and philosopherSøren Kierkegaard Danish philosopher and writer
Works
Walden Henry David Thoreau · 1849The Spy Who Loved Me Ian Fleming · 1962The Transcendentalist Ralph Waldo Emerson · 1842
Themes
Solitude and vulnerabilityThe need for human connectionSolitude over harmful company
Tags
IndependenceLonelinessIsolationSolitude
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