“I knew I was alone in a way that no earthling has ever been before.”– Michael Collins Related Quotes “Always give a word or sign of salute when meeting or passing a friend, or even a stranger, if in a lonely place.”– Tecumseh “The man of genius is he and he alone who finds such joy in his art that he will work at it come hell or high water.”– Stendhal “It is not necessary that you leave the house. Remain at your table and listen. Do not even listen, only wait. Do not even wait, be wholly still and alone. The world will present itself to you for its unmasking, it can do no other, in ecstasy it will writhe at your feet.”– Franz Kafka