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> [“Not for a moment did he consider keeping a journal. He would never allow anyone to read his private thoughts; therefore, he did not risk writing them down. “I’d rather take it to my grave,” he said. And anyway, when…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-finkel/not-for-a-moment-did-he-consider-keeping-a-journal-he-would-never/)

[Michael Finkel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-finkel/)

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## More by Michael Finkel

> [I never do formal interviews. I don't use a tape recorder. I take notes but occasionally.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-finkel/i-never-do-formal-interviews-i-don-t-use-a-tape-recorder-i-take-notes/)

[Michael Finkel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-finkel/)

> [“He has seen the bottomless nonsense of our world and has decided, like most of us, to simply try to tolerate it. He appears…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-finkel/he-has-seen-the-bottomless-nonsense-of-our-world-and-has-decided-like/)

[Michael Finkel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-finkel/)

> [America might be the land of second chances, but it ain't the land of third chances.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-finkel/america-might-be-the-land-of-second-chances-but-it-ain-t-the-land-of/)

[Michael Finkel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-finkel/)

> [“the true solitary does not seek himself, but loses himself.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-finkel/the-true-solitary-does-not-seek-himself-but-loses-himself/)

[Michael Finkel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-finkel/)

> [“The American essayist William Deresiewicz wrote that “no real excellence, personal or social, artistic, philosophical, scientific, or moral, can arise without solitude.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-finkel/the-american-essayist-william-deresiewicz-wrote-that-no-real/)

[Michael Finkel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-finkel/)

> [“If you like solitude, you're never alone.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-finkel/if-you-like-solitude-you-re-never-alone/)

[Michael Finkel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-finkel/)

> [“The first great literary work about solitude, the Tao Te Ching, was written in ancient China, likely in the sixth century B.C., by a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-finkel/the-first-great-literary-work-about-solitude-the-tao-te-ching-was/)

[Michael Finkel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-finkel/)

> [There have always been hermits: people who want to get away from other humans. Literally, some of the first extant books and poems found…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-finkel/there-have-always-been-hermits-people-who-want-to-get-away-from-other/)

[Michael Finkel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-finkel/)

> [“The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich, by William Shirer.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-finkel/the-rise-and-fall-of-the-third-reich-by-william-shirer/)

[Michael Finkel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-finkel/)

> [I think many people have this sense that something about modern society - the screens, the noise, the traffic, the constant busyness - has…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-finkel/i-think-many-people-have-this-sense-that-something-about-modern/)

[Michael Finkel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-finkel/)

> [I'd lied many times: to bolster my credentials, to elicit sympathy, to make myself appear less ordinary.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-finkel/i-d-lied-many-times-to-bolster-my-credentials-to-elicit-sympathy-to/)

[Michael Finkel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-finkel/)

> [“He never bothered listening to sports; the bored him, every one of them.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-finkel/he-never-bothered-listening-to-sports-the-bored-him-every-one-of-them/)

[Michael Finkel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-finkel/)

> [Extraordinary things happen in solitude.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-finkel/extraordinary-things-happen-in-solitude/)

[Michael Finkel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-finkel/)

> [“Japanese researchers at Chiba University found that a daily fifteen-minute walk in the woods caused significant decreases in cortisol, along with a modest drop…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-finkel/japanese-researchers-at-chiba-university-found-that-a-daily-fifteen-2/)

[Michael Finkel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-finkel/)

> [My fight-or-flight mechanism... had served me well in Gaza, in Afghanistan, and all the places I'd been.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-finkel/my-fight-or-flight-mechanism-had-served-me-well-in-gaza-in/)

[Michael Finkel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-finkel/)

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