August Strindberg. Lonely (№ 164016)

That's what, ultimately, loneliness: wrap up in a silk cocoon of his soul, to turn to chrysalis and wait for the transformation, and it will not fail to come. The experiences serve you food, and besides, in the power of telepathy you live other people's lives. Death and resurrection, the new school for a new, unknown existence. Alone, finally, you are your own master. Nobody controls your thoughts, and, therefore, other people's tastes and whims do not press more than you. In this newly-found freedom flourishes the soul, and fills it from now on calmness and quiet joy a sense of confidence and complete responsibility for yourself.