He needed his solitude at times, but he wasn't a hermit. He did a lot of socializing. Sometimes I think it was like he was storing up company for the times when he knew nobody would be around.
 Jon Krakauer, Into the Wild (1996). copy citation

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Author Jon Krakauer
Source Into the Wild
Topic loneliness company socializing
Date 1996
Language English
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