Solitude is the profoundest fact of the human condition.
Or maybe that is just what a lonely man might think so he can feel deep. Like a high status emo.
Or maybe it's what a genius would say after emerging from the "existential labyrinth," the main theme of The Labyrinth of Solitude.
Here is Jostein Gaarder's response to your response:
...Only philosophers embark on this perilous expedition to the outermost reaches of language and existence. Some of them fall off, but others cling on desperately and yell at the people nestling deep in the snug softness, stuffing themselves with delicious food and drink. 'Ladies and Gentlemen,' they yell, 'we are floating in space!' But none of the people down there
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