Nobody enjoys the company of others as intensely as someone who usually avoids the company of others.
alone lonely friendly isolation open loner lone-wolf introvert misanthropy misanthrope hermit solitary anthropocentrism warm recluse anthropocentric antisocial friendless sociable isolate seclude withdrawn affable lonesome extrovert ascetic secluded reclusive approachable unaccompanied amicable communicative responsive outgoing cordial anchoress anchorite by-oneself chummy cloistered clubby companionable companionless convivial eremite forthcoming genial gregarious hail-fellow-well-met hermitic incommunicado marabout on-one-s-own solitarian solitudinarian troglodyte unsociable
THE EMPRESS LO was not beautiful but she was ambitious and, sometimes, ambition can take you further than beauty. The women of the court never wondered how she got this far because as all women know, the rise to power is relatively simple ~ especially if it is a man who has control. ~ from the Three Lives of Empress Lo. Forthcoming.