Privacy is not something that I'm merely entitled to, it's an absolute prerequisite.

Privacy is not something that I'm merely entitled to, it's an absolute prerequisite.

This is to be along; this, this is solitude!

This is to be along; this, this is solitude!

Oh, for a lodge in some vast wilderness,
Some boundless contiguity of shade,
Where rumour of oppression read more

Oh, for a lodge in some vast wilderness,
Some boundless contiguity of shade,
Where rumour of oppression and deceit,
Of unsuccessful or successful war,
Might never reach me more!

The closing of a door can bring blessed privacy and comfort -- the opening, terror. Conversely, the closing of a read more

The closing of a door can bring blessed privacy and comfort -- the opening, terror. Conversely, the closing of a door can be a sad and final thing -- the opening a wonderfully joyous moment.

Among them, but not of them.

Among them, but not of them.

Modern Americans are so exposed, peered at, inquired about, and spied upon as to be increasingly without privacy--members of a read more

Modern Americans are so exposed, peered at, inquired about, and spied upon as to be increasingly without privacy--members of a ;naked society and denizens of a goldfish bowl.

I lived in solitude in the country and noticed how the monotony of a quiet life stimulates the creative mind

I lived in solitude in the country and noticed how the monotony of a quiet life stimulates the creative mind

Nobody with me at sea but myself.

Nobody with me at sea but myself.

I've always been very zealous about not invading other people's private spaces.

I've always been very zealous about not invading other people's private spaces.