Silent Seekers Gifts

"Vous n'en auriez pas un autre moins bruyant?"

"...please switch off all mobile phones, paging devices and alarm watches..."

The Ray Bradbury classic, 'The Car Alarm.'

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

"Too crowded. Let's go."

Club Antisocial

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

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.'

"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..."

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

Crowded Ice Fishing

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

I should probably get out more.

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

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

She required plenty of personal space.

"Yes, I'm alone."

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

This man is an island.

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

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

The lonely figure

The Piano Dreams Of Home

"Someday we will escape from this prison."

'Openly sobbing, or non-openly sobbing?'

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

'Even down here we never lose our sense of humor!'

A politician's dream come true...

'Silent type, eh?'

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

'A-1 security from crime ... but can't stand the isolation.'

"I said, the brewery has rather overdone the ambiance in here..."

'We've got truth, we've got enlightenment, and we've got serenity - what we NEED is media coverage.'