Todays Word

 

apanthropy

PRONUNCIATION:

(ap-UHN-thruh-pee) 

MEANING:

noun: A desire to be away from people; a love of solitude.

ETYMOLOGY:

From Greek apo- (away) + -anthropy (human). Earliest documented use: 1753.

USAGE:

“While misanthropy is a prejudice, apanthropy is merely a preference. It’s a taste for being alone; a penchant for privacy.”
Tom Albrighton; One for Joy; ABC Business Communications; 2023.

Todays Thought

Inspiration does not come like a bolt, nor is it kinetic, energetic striving, but it comes into us slowly and quietly and all the time, though we must regularly and every day give it a little chance to start flowing, prime it with a little solitude and idleness. 

-Brenda Ueland, journalist, editor, and writer (24 Oct 1891-1985)

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Todays Thought

Remember, we all stumble, every one of us. That's why it's a comfort to go hand in hand. 

-Emily Kimbrough, author and broadcaster (23 Oct 1899-1989)

Todays Thought

All one’s life as a young woman one is on show, a focus of attention, people notice you. You set yourself up to be noticed and admired. And then, not expecting it, you become middle-aged and anonymous. No one notices you. You achieve a wonderful freedom. It’s a positive thing. You can move about unnoticed and invisible. 

-Doris Lessing, novelist, poet, playwright, Nobel laureate (22 Oct 1919-2013)