Being alone has a power over me that never fails. My interior dissolves and is ready to release what lies deeper.

When one is alone, imperfection must be endured every minute of the day.

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.

Everything you say is boring and incomprehensible," she said, "but that alone doesn't make it true