"When so many are lonely as seem to be lonely, it would be inexcusably selfish to be lonely alone."

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"I was all alone in my head — exactly what I had once wanted. It made me feel lost."

— Stephenie Meyer

Literature1973

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"Solitude is the playfield of Satan."

— Vladimir Nabokov

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"When I was six, we moved to the small town of Stratford, about fifteen miles northeast of Wynnewood. My father had worked as a banker, a grain farmer, a fix-it man, and a mechanic. Now he was ready fo…"

— Tommy Franks

Military1945

#life

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