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The decision by unmarried persons to live alone rather than to share an apartment or a house with other adults is not necessarily a misanthropic one: it may be a nervous necessity. There is too much strain and pressure involved in such sharing, too much confinement and limitation, too much lack of freedom.

-- Notebooks Category 3: Relax and Retreat > Chapter 5 : Solitude > # 20