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Lonely people tend, rather, to be lonely because they decline to bear the psychic costs of being around other humans. They are allergic to people. People affect them too strongly.
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loneliness
lonely-people
relationships
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David Foster Wallace |
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Lonely people have enthusiasms which cannot always be explained. When something strikes them as funny, the intensity and length of their laughter mirrors the depth of their loneliness, and they are capable of laughing like hyenas. When something touches their emotions, it runs through them like Paul Revere, awakening feelings that gather into great armies.
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intensity
laughter
loneliness
lonely-people
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Mark Helprin |
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...it's not just the person who fills a house, it's their I'll be back later!s, their toothbrushes and unused hats and coats, their belongingnesses.
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lonely
lonely-people
missing
missing-someone
missing-you
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David Mitchell |
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Houses, like people, are apt to become rather eccentric if left too much on their own
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eccentric
lonely-people
mad
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Susanna Clarke |
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I also need to prepare myself for the inevitability of utter boredom: Very often, single people don't do shit. They do nothing, all night long. They sit in a recliner and watch TV. I've probably watched more television than anyone you've ever met, and I don't even own one. Terrible shows, good shows, Golf tournaments in Cancun. C-SPAN. Hours of Oprah. Law and Order. Lonely people love Law and Order, for whatever reason. They prefer the straight narratives. p60
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lonely-people
novel
visible-man
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Chuck Klosterman |