Solitude

In winter a special flower of winter, let us say a camellia, bearing some such name as White Jewel or Wabisuke, which might be translated literally as "Helpmate in Solitude", is chosen, a camellia remarkable among camellias for its whiteness and the smallness of its blossoms; and but a single bud is set out in the alcove.

Yasunari Kawabata - Nobel Lecture 1968

Q. Solitude is the story of two friends, one male and one female, over the course of twenty-five years.

Paolo Giordano - An interview with author 2010

That Brideshead Revisited beat 100 Years of Solitude is a disgrace, and an everlasting black mark against readers of First Things.

The Volokh Conspiracy » The Tournament of Novels: 2010

And the shift also connects "Fears in Solitude" to Coleridge's other critiques of justice — the lenient but rigorous correction of

Romantic Fear 2008

Consider Coleridge's poem "Fears in Solitude: Written in April 1798, During the Alarm of an Invasion" (1798) as an example.

Romantic Fear 2008

Emerson tells us that “Solitude is to genius the stern friend — the cold, obscure shelter, where mould the wings which will bear it farther than suns or stars.”

Lessons in Concentration from 1930 Still Apply | Lifehacker Australia 2008

I think 100 Years of Solitude is worth reading 100 times.

MIND MELD: Speculative Fiction Books Worth Reading Twice 2008

In this sense, "Fears in Solitude" must also remind us of

Romantic Fear 2008

Solitude is often most comforting, most sustaining, when its enjoyed in relation to other humans; fail to strike the right balance, and life gets a little surreal.

Hermit-ic 2008

Solitude is often most comforting, most sustaining, when its enjoyed in relation to other humans; fail to strike the right balance, and life gets a little surreal.

2008 December « Becca’s Byline 2008