I think about this quote often.

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It's true and it isn't, because solitary confinement is hell too.

Only after a few days probably. Time matters.

Man is a social animal. Even people that like to be alone, wouldn't like to be all alone. Other people can be hell, but the alternative is what, madness?

Given what we know of the author — he was not nice, or a good person, or wise — I think it more likely that he found other people hellish only because of the hell already within him!