Solitude gives birth to the original in us, to beauty unfamiliar and perilous - to poetry. But also, it gives birth to the opposite: to the perverse, the illicit, the absurd.

Thomas Mann
Solitude gives birth to the original in us, to beauty...
Solitude gives birth to the original in us, to beauty...
Solitude gives birth to the original in us, to beauty...
Solitude gives birth to the original in us, to beauty...
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When we are alone we can be totally ourselves and think without any limitations. We can create something new, something that has never been thought before. But when we are with others, we have to hide ourselves from the outside world, from the others. We have to follow all the rules and accept what others want us to do. In this way, our world becomes a little different from the real one.

Source: Death In Venice And Other Tales

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