Solitude

"For those who know the value of and exquisite taste

of solitary freedom (for one is only free when alone),

the act of leaving is the bravest and most beautiful of all."

"I am full of the sorrow that goes with changes in surroundings,
those successive stages of annihilation
that slowly lead to the great and final void."

"A nomad I will remain for life,

in love with distant and uncharted places."

"One must never look for happiness:
one meets it by the way."

Isabelle Eberhardt