![I never found the companion that was so companionable as solitude. [It allows you to] be the Mungo Park, the Lewis and Clark of your own streams and oceans; [to] explore your own higher latitudes; [to] be a Columbus to whole new continents and worlds within you, opening new channels, not of trade, but of thought.](/assets/img/quote-photos/i-never-found-the-companion-that-was-so-companionable-as-solitude-it-allows-you.jpg)
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