Being solitary is being alone well: being alone luxuriously immersed in doings of your own choice aware of the fullness of your won presence rather than of the absence of others. Because solitude is an achievement.
It takes a long time to learn that a courtroom is the last place in the world...
But the wicked passions of men's hearts alone seem strong enough to leave...
I lost my second marriage because of drinking and I loved the woman very much. But I thought I needed booze to write. I'm glad I was disabused.
