I am alone in the world, and yet not alone enough to make every hour holy.

Rainer Maria Rilke

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Being with no one is better than being with the wrong one. Sometimes those who fly solo have the strongest wings.

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Sometimes, when one person is missing, the whole world seems depopulated.

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Blessed are those who do not fear solitude, who are not afraid of their own company, who are not always desperately looking for something to do, something to amuse them with, and something to judge.

Loneliness is and always has been the central and inevitable experience of every man.

The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself.

Friedrich Nietzsche

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