Quiet Desperation Seeker Pillows

'I know you live a life of quiet desperation -- you never shut up about it!'

The Ray Bradbury classic, 'The Car Alarm.'

"Too crowded. Let's go."

"It's not the persistent lack of sunlight or freezing temperatures that bother me - it's the crowds I can't stand."

Club Antisocial

The Solitary 'Pleasure' Fisherman whose one desire is to get away from it all.

"I gotta be me!"

The writer: something who devotes a lifetime of solitude to the same of communication.

A vampire in a canoe.

'Stuck on a desert island, in the middle of the ocean, with only a palm tree for company, it's a bloody joke.'

Crowded Ice Fishing

'Betty liked the way her house provided lots of private space.'

"To be honest, I don't mind the cold, and being an introvert, and slightly antisocial, I really treasure the quiet time when the others have flown south..."

Excess Baggage: Some people take getting away from it all very seriously.

I should probably get out more.

He can lean back in contentment on cowslip banks and let everything wash over him.

"The previous tenant was a bit of a shut-in."

The cat taught her to live life to the fullest. Which, for an indoor cat, means eat, sleep and stare out the window.

She required plenty of personal space.

"I'm leaving. It's just way too much collaborating."

"Yes, I'm alone."

"It's a beautiful day. I should go for a walk. . . Oh, now my neighbors are all out there."

"Awfully quiet... Must be a big game on!"

This man is an island.

"You go ahead and sleep, girl. I’m sure Philip Roth won’t be offended."

The lonely figure

'It's a sign of the times, a high rise block of caves reserved for hermits.'

Thought bubble mirrors the cloud in the sky.

'Openly sobbing, or non-openly sobbing?'

'Do you ever just feel like getting away from it all?'

A politician's dream come true...

The Piano Dreams Of Home

"Someday we will escape from this prison."

"I'm upstairs right now. On weekends and holidays, I go downstairs."

'Thoreau, doing research on chapter 7'