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1 " As a recluse I couldn't bear traffic. It had nothing to do with jealousy, I simply disliked people, crowds, anywhere, except at my readings. People diminished me, they sucked me dry. "
― Charles Bukowski , Women
2 " Seeing his daughter slowly die, coupled with his infinite sadness and misery, the clockmaker becomes a recluse to the tower of the castle and begins to build something behind closed doors, not even his daughter knows what he’s up to. For five years, she only sees him briefly at meal-times before locking himself up in the tower once again..." " ...Did he have a bathroom in the tower?" " Yes, Jack. A big one! En-suite! Power-shower and spa! Where was I!? "
3 " Experience has taught me that those who give their time to the absorbing claims of what is called society, not having leisure to keep up a large acquaintance with the organs of opinion, remain much more ignorant of the general state either of the public mind, or of the active and instructed part of it, than a recluse who reads the newspapers need be. "
― John Stuart Mill , Autobiography
4 " I do become a recluse once in a while. It's so nice to just be at home and to not have to deal with the outside world. "
