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Author - Michael Finkel
Quotes by : Michael Finkel
torture
The uncertainty wore on him. The conditions in jail--the handcuffs, the noise, the filth, the crowding--mangled....
alone
One's desire to be alone, biologists have found, is partially genetic and to some degree measurable.....
books
Knight's disdain for Thoreau was bottomless - 'he had no deep insight into nature'...
computer
It's possible that Knight believed he was one of the few sane people left. He was confounded by the idea....
society
In 1988, a cave explorer named Véronique Le Guen volunteered for an extreme experiment: to live alone....
excellence
The American essayist William Deresiewicz wrote that "no real excellence, personal or social, artistic,....
silence
Still, the ten days were enough for me to see, as if peering over the edge of a well, that silence could....
books
The only book Knight didn't steal was the one he most often saw. 'I had no need for a Bible,' he said.....
journaling
Not for a moment did he consider keeping a journal. He would never allow anyone to read his private thoughts;....
loneliness
Modern life seems set up so that we can avoid loneliness at all costs, but maybe it's worthwhile to face....
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