. . . solitude is such a potential thing. We hear voices in solitude, we never hear in the hurry and turmoil of life; we receive counsels and comforts, we get under no other condition . . .
Source: All the Days of My Life, ch. 17, 1913.
-- Amelia Barr, (Mar 29 1831-1919), US author, journalist; She wrote historical fiction such as Remember the Alamo, 1888.