#isolation

Isolation in illness can be more harmful than the disease itself.

From The Forgotten Room: Inside a Public Patient Hospital by Dan Baum

The doors of the room were too narrow.

From The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka

Fundamentalism seeks certainty, but it ultimately leads to isolation and conflict.

From The Battle for God by Karen Armstrong

I want to be left alone.

From The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka

The forest was an impenetrable wall of green, and the sense of isolation was absolute.

From The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon by David Grann