Sometimes callers from a distance invade my solitude, and it is on these occasions that I realize how absolutely alone each individual is, and how far away from his neighbour; and while they talk (generally about babies, past, present, and to come), I fall to wondering at the vast and impassable distance that separates one's own soul from the soul of the person sitting in the next chair. Elizabeth Von Arnim
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This quotation by Edith Wharton is about people who are too connected to the outside world, and there is no time to be alone. This cause our minds to wander off into the future or the past, and we forget that we should be connecting with ourselves. With all of these distractions, it is easy for us to lose touch with ourselves. The world is too busy all around us, but our own selves should be more important.

Source: Elizabeth And Her German Garden

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