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" All men's miseries derive from not being able to sit in a quiet room alone. "

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" I got married for the wrong reasons. I was tired of being alone. I have to own that. It was me, not her. "

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" I like the idea of being a sculptor. Just me alone, making something - that solitary existence. "

" In any decision for action, when you have to make up your mind what to do, there is always a 'should' involved, and this cannot be worked out from, 'If I do this, what will happen?' alone. "

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" To go out with the setting sun on an empty beach is to truly embrace your solitude. "

" The capacity for not feeling lonely can carry a very real price, that of feeling nothing at all. "

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" No individual is alone responsible for a single stepping stone along the path of progress, and where the path is smooth progress is most rapid. "

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" If we take science as our sole guide, if we accept and hold fast that alone which is verifiable, the old theology must go. "

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" The time you spend alone with God will transform your character and increase your devotion. Then your integrity and godly behavior in an unbelieving world will make others long to know the Lord. "

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" A woman can't be alone. She needs a man. A man and a woman support and strengthen each other. She just can't do it by herself. "

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