Solitude as necessity, demandable, honorable. 
Not sinful, indulgent, wasteful, undeserved. 
Sarton, M. (1912-1995)


“The truth is always an abyss. One must - as in a swimming pool - dare to dive from the quivering springboard of trivial everyday experience and sink into the depths, in order to later rise again - laughing and fighting for breath - to the now doubly illuminated surface of things.” 
Kafka, F. (1883 – 1924)