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Walden • 1854
I find it wholesome to be alone the greater part of the time. To be in company, even with the best, is soon wearisome and dissipating. I love to be alone. I never found the companion that was so companionable as solitude.
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What it means
Our interpretation.
Solitude is presented as welcome company rather than an absence to endure. Even pleasant social contact can become tiring, whereas being alone feels sustaining. By calling solitude a companion, the passage challenges the assumption that companionship always requires another person.
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