“Solitude is a breeding ground for idiosyncrasy, and I relish that abou...” — Caroline Knapp Quote

“Solitude is a breeding ground for idiosyncrasy, and I relish that about it, the way it liberates whim.”

“Me, I walk along and feel quietly defensive, a recluse in the Land of We. That's quite the loaded word, 'we.'”

“Around the time I began starving, in the early eighties, the visual image had begun to supplant text as culture's primary mode of communication, a radical change because images work so differently than words: They're immediate, they hit you at levels way beneath intellect, they come fast and furious.”

“Research shows that if people are talking and listening to like-minded others, they become more dogmatic, more unified, and more extreme. Personalized Facebook experiences are a breeding ground for misunderstanding and miscommunication across political lines and, ultimately, for extremism.”

“Good breeding is the result of good sense, some good nature, and a little self-denial for the sake of others.”

“One out of 100 citizens of the U.S. is going to prison, and it's not that the system is making criminals, it's that it's making criminals better criminals. We're breeding them like rats and it has to change.”