Hermit

Hermit

A hermit (adjectival form: heremitic) is a person who lives, to some degree, in seclusion from society.

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Famous quotes containing the word hermit:

    “The thoughtful man becomes a hermit in the thoroughfares of the marketplace.”
    —Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

    “If a hermit lives in a state of ecstasy, his lack of comfort becomes the height of comfort. He must relinquish it.”
    —Jean Cocteau (1889–1963)

    “The mind can weave itself warmly in the cocoon of its own thoughts, and dwell a hermit anywhere.”
    —James Russell Lowell (1819–1891)