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Florida Scott-Maxwell Quotes about Solitude

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I feel most real when alone, even most alive when alone. Better to say that the liveliness of companionship and the liveliness of solitude differ, and the latter is never as exhausting as the former.

I feel most real when alone, even most alive when alone. Better to say that the liveliness of companionship and the liveliness of solitude differ, and the latter is never as exhausting as the former.

Florida Scott-Maxwell
Real, Solitude, Alive
Florida Scott-Maxwell (2013). “Measure of My Days”, p.11, Knopf

I wonder if living alone makes one more alive. No precious energy goes in disagreement or compromise. No need to augment others, there is just yourself, just truth - a morsel - and you.

Florida Scott-Maxwell
Solitude, Energy, Needs
Florida Scott-Maxwell (2013). “Measure of My Days”, p.22, Knopf

Our age is so gregarious that there is at present a marked prejudice against anyone being alone. It is looked down on, and a need to be alone is almost considered a fault, a weakness, as though if one cannot endure - more - enjoy being with other people every minute one is aloof, unreal, and somehow to be pitied.

Florida Scott-Maxwell
People, Solitude, Age

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