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Solitude is a breeding ground for idiosyncrasy, and I relish that about it, the way it liberates whim.

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Caroline Knapp

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I am shy by nature, a person who’s always found something burdensome about human interaction and who probably always will, at least to some degree.

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On the broad spectrum of solitude, I lean toward the extreme end: I work alone, as well as live alone, so I can pass an entire day without uttering so much as a hello to another human being. Sometimes a day’s conversation consists of only five words, uttered at the local Starbucks: ‘Large coffee with milk, please.’

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April 25, 2024

On the broad spectrum of solitude, I lean toward the extreme end: I work alone, as well as live alone, so I can pass an entire day without uttering so much as a hello to another human being. Sometimes a day’s conversation consists of only five words, uttered at the local Starbucks: ‘Large coffee with milk, please.’

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April 25, 2024

I am shy by nature, a person who’s always found something burdensome about human interaction and who probably always will, at least to some degree.

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