In his Parabola interview, Fr. Dunstan Morrissey says that “one has to be naturally extroverted” to cope with solitude, because solitude is embraced on behalf of everyone. Other professed or religious solitaries, East and West, have said the equivalent. Given the classic definition of extroversion as self-identity by external objects, this statement would confirm these solitaries’ need to reconcile themselves to external realities — in this case, not abandoning the world and “everyone” — before embarking or succeeding in solitude. But the classic introvert, who defines self-identity by internal objects, would point to life circumstances as sufficient reason for pursuing solitude, and perhaps not even notice “everyone.”