“But perhaps those are the very hours when solitude grows; for its growing is painful as the growing of boys and sad as the beginning of springtimes. But that must not mislead you. The necessary thing is after all but this: solitude, great inner solitude. Going-into-oneself and for hours meeting no one - this one must be able to obtain.” —Rainer Maria Rilke, Letters to a Young Poet
“But perhaps those are the very hours when solitude grows; for its growing is painful as the growing of boys and sad as...