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It’s not an expensive watch—if it looks valuable, the hermit
will not steal it. He has a moral code. But extra watches are important;
Two of life’s greatest pleasures, by my reckoning, are camping and reading—most gloriously, both at once.
Kiplings (The Man Who Would Be King and Captains Courageous).
Silence is to me normal, comfortable.” Later he added, “I will admit to feeling a little contempt for those who can’t keep quiet.”
If you have low levels of the pituitary peptide oxytocin—sometimes called the master chemical of sociability—and high quantities of the hormone vasopressin, which may suppress your need for affection, you tend to require fewer interpersonal relationships.
