For in spite of language, in spite of intelligence and intuition and sympathy, one can never really communicate anything to anybody. Music at Night and Other Essays (1931)
The more powerful and original a mind, the more it will incline towards the religion of solitude. Proper Studies (1927)
We live together, we act on, and react to, one another; but always and in all circumstances we are by ourselves. The martyrs go hand in hand into the arena; they are crucified alone. Embraced, the lovers desperately try to fuse their insulated ecstacies into a single self-transcendence; in vain. By its very nature every embodied spirit is doomed to suffer and enjoy in solitude. The Doors of Perception (1954)