Being with people is possible only to the extent that one erases or changes oneself.

Being with people is possible only to the extent that one erases or changes oneself. The person with the most relationships is the most hollow, while the most solitary person is the most whole. This is what gives the alone mind’s thoughts their relentless sharpness, for it makes no concessions of itself. To tell it that it is “rigid” will only serve to sharpen it further, for this mind is already designed solely to cut through precisely such perspectives.