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solitude
1. "A century ago, most people lived on farms in the country in isolated family units," says John Selby, a counselor, teacher, and the author of Solitude: The Art of Living with Yourself
2. Solitude was a positive aspect of life
3. this place is not nothing but this dreadful solitude, I have
4. In this way, I learn to appreciate what I have, that is solitude and calmness in bed
5. The enormity of my solitude and the closeness of a forbidden word or touch suddenly seemed so intolerable
6. After all this melancholy solitude, after all this shit, I was going to die today
7. I sat alone under the black shroud of my hood and counted out the next few minutes of solitude by listening to my own breathing
8. For Smith, without access to heaven’s as yet empty libraries, the darkness was beauty beyond description, solitude was a cruel mistress who only ever tasked without instruction, and silence was the wonder, the brilliance, the radiance of an eternal symphony half remembered
9. Smith took the melody and the rhythm of the void into the soul of creation, swinging in allegiance from every note to every other note in a crescendo of perfect solitude, until it began to dawn on Smith that there was simply no way to settle on a universal truth in un-sound
10. Standing in front of him was a man he had once known as a brother, a man for whose freedom he had fought, but who now visited upon him the solitude of imprisonment and Citizen Marat’s never ending, reedy, mechanical voice
11. It had been hard visiting Abery before but Joris hadn’t been there and she’d been able to withdraw into herself to some extent … and the European trip had been hectic, demanding her full attention … and in London afterwards she’d been occupied in achieving Joris’s purpose … and the trip across had kept her mind busy, first with JJ and then Iain … and even coming back, being at The Centre and travelling on the wasteg … that too had been manageable … but now … with no purpose to drive her, no solitude to enfold her and no Joris but only the shadow of his memory imprinted in JJ’s face and voice … she felt naked, vulnerable and viciously exposed to the scouring of her grief
12. I peered at deceitful shadows right and left, almost willing something there to break the solitude, then I'd stiffen when the slightest rustle of scree surprised me
13. For the last few weeks he had shut out the sounds of life, preferring the solitude of personal contemplation to the banality of human contact, but here in the soft tawny light of the lounge bar at the Red Lion those trivial voices broke through on the back of an ethereal sub tone that slowly built up throughout the evening until, towards closing time, Ken realised that he was listening to the same song being played over and over again on the jukebox
14. She loved Duncan as a mentor, she explained, but even he could not understand the depths of her solitude
15. had shut out the sounds of life, preferring the solitude of personal
16. Unwanted solitude peels from the eaves
17. Mere distance could not sufficiently intervene, but the immensity of the sea, with its tempo of solitude, he felt deeply inside himself and it played in harmony with his spirit as a swelling call to greatness
18. Her suite was kept warmed by the franklin stove, White Feathers saw to that, but the constant company of the family was far more inviting than the solitude of even the well-warmed quarters
19. the solitude, listen to the birds, and contemplate life
20. It was Rapunzel, who in her solitude passed her time singing
21. in the solitude of late evening
22. But even achieving that brief period of solitude had required a great deal of discussion
23. “But I must implore you to leave this place after you’ve gotten whatever answers you may find in Solitude
24. Her thoughts left her drifting through the last legs of her short journey to Solitude, not even noticing the small farm that greeted her before the main gates
25. She made haste from Solitude straightaway, against her better judgment
26. It was considered inauspicious and downright dangerous to go much near Wolf-skull Cave these days, what with the stories of lights and unexplained disappearances related by several in Solitude
27. Her dark gray cloak, splattered with crimson and ripped in a few places, would have to be removed before she re-entered Solitude, so as not to invite further curiosity from guards and townsfolk alike
28. After tipping Corpulus with ample coin and faring well a saddened Sorex - who perked up when she told him she would be back in Solitude again soon enough on private business – Penelope departed the inn and the city, to head southeast to her brother’s post
29. But she did not stay on the path long – her impatience saw her cutting through the forested areas outside and around Solitude
30. “So, they say a few of those Thalmoric types were found on the road near Solitude last night
31. Threats were made continually upon the Embassy near Solitude and for that reason, increased Imperial road patrol was demanded by the Thalmor dignitaries
32. The Legate in charge of the Rift’s military operations had very recently – earlier in the day, in fact - been called to Solitude, and the young officer would serve as camp commander in his temporary absence
33. Now, you heard about that group of Thalmor that got destroyed on the road up near Solitude just very recently, yeah?” He paused as Ralof nodded anxiously
34. He intended also to dispatch a message to Solitude before morning
35. Carius was frustrated that the courier had arrived and went before he had penned the final draft of his message to the headquarters in Solitude
36. If this has happened under your nose without you knowing until a summons to Solitude, you have many other causes for concern at this late hour
37. He turned back toward the water, perched out on a cluster of rocks in front of the Solitude lighthouse
38. Shaking his head in muted protest or mockery, he shifted his gaze again to the smoky silhouette of Solitude
39. The Imperial only left him with the clue that she had friendly connections in Solitude and he might well try there with some luck
40. He did not care that it was evening now as he took the road to Solitude
41. He needed to get to the roof for some solitude, where he could think and process all the events of the last couple of days
42. I have some most important business in Solitude
43. But anyway, I’m told reinforcements from Solitude are on their way
44. Solitude seemed to have grown quite a bit larger as he slowly made his way back to the inn
45. But when he had had his fill of unwelcome reminders of all sorts, he would retire to the only inn in Solitude
46. Once again the scientific community refused to take notice, and some of his more vocal opponents pointed out that his nose had appeared to grow even larger during his self-enforced solitude
47. Prince and Princess Henry of Battenberg have lived in constant companionship with Our Queen, greatly comforting and aiding her in her solitude
48. I never paid much attention to whoever sat next to me as I did not want to strike up a conversation, I preferred my solitude and the scenery out of the window
49. Adriano acted on intuition, yet solitude was the better choice manifold
50. Then, there was the basketball court for Oscar: all of this from a man who had lived his days walking about under a sullen cloud, seeking only solitude
