We are all sentenced to solitary confinement inside our own skins, for life. And the condemned man can see other people through the windows of his cell, and they can see him, but they cannot communicate.

Tennessee Williams — Where I Live: Selected Essays

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We are always in our own company. A man must know how to be alone, even in a crowd, even in a vast solitude; for what we seek in others is ourselves, and what we find is our own reflection.

Henri Frédéric Amiel — Journal Intime

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By the end of several days together, I found myself wondering whether Mr. Wonderful was the real Kevin O'Leary — or simply the most successful role he ever played.

Polina

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