Knight, of course, felt that anyone's willing assistance tainted the whole thing. Either you are hidden or you're not, no middle ground. He wished to be unconditionally alone, exiled to an island of his own creation, an uncontacted tribe of one.
Michael Finkel, The Stranger in the Woods: The Extraordinary Story of the Last True Hermit
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