Black people don't even question things any more, they simply follow the lead.

In a spiritually sensitive culture, then, it might well be that age is something to be admired or envied.

I have never found a companion that was so companionable as solitude. We are for the most part more lonely when we go abroad among men than when we stay in our chambers. A man thinking or working is always alone, let him be where he will.

I finally faced the fact that it isn't a crime not having friends. Being alone means you have fewer problems.