His Aron knows that, seeking isolation, he has nailed himself to his own special cross.
She is 50, the single mother of four adult children; seeking isolation was not her life's goal.
But that's a feature that will appeal more to adolescents seeking isolation than to college buddies on a road trip.
The Abbey and the Irish National Theatre Society had provided a stage for national playwrights who concentrated on realism and everyday Irish life, seeking isolation from the European theatre.
He makes the point that since journalists spend a great deal of their time battling for access to people who have built walls of defence around themselves, it seems a bit odd for journalists to seek isolation.
Our patch of wilderness was in fact only four miles from Aviemore, in the Cairngorms national park, but the cabin we were staying in had been specifically designed for visitors seeking isolation and a self-sufficient, back-to-nature experience in the great Scottish outdoors.
It was perhaps a combination of two realisations: first, that I was breaking up with the city that had been my home for 15 years; and second, that after spending the longest time seeking isolation, I found – to my confusion – that I wanted to be close to people.
Some people seek isolation, but few choose to be lonely, primarily because it isn't good for us.
And for the 9-to-5 cubicle dweller seeking isolation, it's a fine place to visit.
