“He has an unconditional need for solitude, to just be by himself, alone, like in his childhood, alone, as in his entire life, disturbed by no one else at all, in peace and tranquility, because this is the place where no one else sees him, where no one else hears him, because only here and now can he finally shut the door —”

— László Krasznahorkai, Seiobo There Below (trans. Ottilie Muzlet)