““He is amazed that he longed so deeply for the young girl when she was not there, that he was really happier sitting alone and thinking about her than when she was there. He needed her not for loving her ... yes, sometimes it was as though her presence could be disturbing for him. He also wrote to her rather than spoke. He had lived far too inwardly, far too spiritually, for this sensual nearness not to be as though too much.””
![“[My father] advised me to sit every few months in my reading chair for an entire evening, close my eyes and try to think of new problems to solve. I took his advice very seriously and have been glad ever since that he did.” quote by Luis Walter Alvarez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/753/luis-walter-alvarez-51937_advice_my-father-advised-me-to-sit-every-few-mo_170929.jpg)
