“A multitude of people and yet a solitude.”
“Yet what is any ocean but a multitude of drops?”
“Solitude is impractical and yet society is fatal.”
“I long for solitude and yet I cannot stand it.”
“Letter writing allows us to be alone yet connected. We need a certain amount of solitude in order to have true ideas to communicate. But few of us desire solitude all the time .... Yet solitude is what makes us contemplative and receptive, more aware of life's gifts and our own special blessings.”
“My life amounts to no more than one drop in a limitless ocean. Yet what is any ocean, but a multitude of drops?”