“In our open society, we are inclined to give to the less fortunate for the pure goodness of giving. We open our home to those who are alone on this holiday to spread some warmth into the life of another.”
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It's only when you're alone that you realize where you are. You have nothing to fall back on except your own resources.
Sometimes I think we're alone in the universe, and sometimes I think we're not. In either case the idea is quite staggering.
Mass transportation is doomed to failure in North America because a person's car is the only place where he can be alone and think.
As I've gotten older I've occasionally found myself nostalgic for earlier periods of solitude, though I realize that's also likely a false nostalgia, as I know there was nothing I wanted more during those periods than to not be alone, whatever that means.