solitude
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Fukada's quiet portrait of solitude and thwarted love in rural Japan with his "Nagi Notes" is one of three Japanese movies in the 22-strong main competition in Cannes, the world's biggest film festival.
From Barron's • May 13, 2026
When does a sad person want comfort…or solitude?
From The Wall Street Journal • May 4, 2026
Mary’s presence is a malignancy, a blight on the name that Sam has worked so hard to build, an identity that’s separate from Mary’s and secure in its solitude.
From Salon • Apr. 24, 2026
But I am also a writer, and while reading and writing generally happen in solitude, promoting your writing doesn’t.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026
In the terrible solitude of the winter sea Ged stood and saw the thing he feared.
From "A Wizard of Earthsea" by Ursula K. Le Guin
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"Nature" by Ralph Waldo Emerson
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