Han Suyin Quotes

All humans are frightened of their own solitude. But only in solitude can we learn to know ourselves, learn to handle our own eternal aloneness.

Han Suyin

• Humans
• Solitude
• Aloneness

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  Han Suyin
  • Humans
  • Solitude
  • Aloneness