The Great Divide

On the notion that everyone is a stranger, because no one knows us from the inside.

open quote Urged by this sudden craving for society, I go to parties, to weddings, to gatherings, anywhere people are, I mingle with the others, but my disappointment is almost instantaneous. We talk of the weather but never of the soul. So I retreat back into solitude, because to be with others who do not know you is lonelier than to be alone. close quote

Essays

  • The Communion of Strangers
  • A Sense of All Sorrows
  • Meditation During a Rainstorm
  • A Visit to the City
  • Confessions of a Carnivore
  • In Praise of Passion
  • On Being Nothing
  • Night Thoughts
  • The Electric Present
  • The Lonely Race
  • The Finite Experience of Infinite Life
  • The Great Divide
  • Winter of Discontent
  • Odyssey of Desire