#WritcoStoryPrompt45
Write a story based on this famous excerpt from The Night Slowly Came by Kate Chopin:

I am losing my interest in human beings; in the significance of their lives and their actions. Someone has said it is better to study one man than ten books. I want neither books nor women; they make me suffer.

In my solitude, I found solace away from the complexities of human interactions. The world seemed overwhelming, its meaning obscured by a haze of confusion. I immersed...