I thrive best on solitude. If I have had a companion only one day in a…

Henry David Thoreau
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I thrive best on solitude. If I have had a companion only one day in a week, unless it were one or two I could name, I find that the value of the week to me has been seriously affected. It dissipates my days, and often it takes me another week to get over it. ✨ Henry David Thoreau, Jeffrey S. Cramer (2007). I to Myself: An Annotated Selection from the Journal of Henry D. Thoreau, p.298, Yale University Press
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