Solitary trees, if they grow at all, grow strong.

Solitary trees, if they grow at all, grow strong.

In solitude, when we are least alone.

In solitude, when we are least alone.

I was never less alone than when by myself.

I was never less alone than when by myself.

Nobody with me at sea but myself.

Nobody with me at sea but myself.

Sometimes you put walls up not to keep people out, but to see who cares enough to break them down.

Sometimes you put walls up not to keep people out, but to see who cares enough to break them down.

I hold this to be the highest task for a bond between two people: that each protects the solitude of read more

I hold this to be the highest task for a bond between two people: that each protects the solitude of the other

I am as one who is left alone at a banquet, the lights dead and
the flowers faded.

I am as one who is left alone at a banquet, the lights dead and
the flowers faded.

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

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

Thrice happy he, who by some shady grove,
Far from the clamorous world; doth live his own;
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Thrice happy he, who by some shady grove,
Far from the clamorous world; doth live his own;
Though solitary, who is not alone,
But doth converse with that eternal love.