“I take much pleasure in being alone
but there is also a strange warm grace in not being alone.”

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American writer 1920–1994

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“Language has created the word “loneliness” to express the pain of being alone. And it has created the word “solitude” to express the glory of being alone.”

Paul Tillich (1886–1965) German-American theologian and philosopher

Source: The Eternal Now

“Nobody likes being alone that much. I don't go out of my way to make friends, that's all. It just leads to disappointment.”

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“I take much pleasure in being alone
but there is also a strange warm grace in not being alone.”

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