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Thomas Mann

Solitude gives birth to the original in us, to beauty unfamiliar and perilous - to poetry. But also, it gives birth to the opposite: to the perverse, the illicit, the absurd.

Thomas Mann

Beauty

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Being alone allows us to discover unique and sometimes dangerous forms of beauty and creativity, like poetry. However, solitude can also lead us to dark, twisted, or irrational thoughts and behaviors.

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