Socializing is as exhausting as giving blood. People assume we loners are misanthropes, just sitting thinking, ‘Oh, people are such a bunch of assholes,’ but it’s really not like that. We just have a smaller tolerance for what it takes to be with others. It means having to perform. I get so tired of communicating.
Not that I was incapable of friendship. 'Don't be shy', the teachers coaxed. I was not shy, only extremely choosy. And Denise shone like a diamond. I… - Anneli Rufus
Not that I was incapable of friendship. 'Don't be shy', the teachers coaxed. I was not shy, only extremely choosy. And Denise shone like a diamond. I…
- Anneli Rufus
Socializing is as exhausting as giving blood. People assume we loners are misanthropes, just sitting thinking, ‘Oh, people are such a bunch of asshol… - Anneli Rufus
Socializing is as exhausting as giving blood. People assume we loners are misanthropes, just sitting thinking, ‘Oh, people are such a bunch of asshol…
The whole world is a personality cult. - Anneli Rufus
The whole world is a personality cult.
Loners live among the mob, so the mob mistakes us for its own, presuming and assuming. When the mob gets too close, the truth is revealed. Running or… - Anneli Rufus
Loners live among the mob, so the mob mistakes us for its own, presuming and assuming. When the mob gets too close, the truth is revealed. Running or…
After what others would call a fun day out together, we feel as if we have been at the Red Cross, donating blood. - Anneli Rufus
After what others would call a fun day out together, we feel as if we have been at the Red Cross, donating blood.
Writing is done alone. People do not talk about the things they do alone. - Anneli Rufus
Writing is done alone. People do not talk about the things they do alone.
We believe that whatever feels at first like joy is not. Or is, but will not last. Or should not last. We feel so sure of this that we will undermine… - Anneli Rufus
We believe that whatever feels at first like joy is not. Or is, but will not last. Or should not last. We feel so sure of this that we will undermine…
The loner who looks fabulous is one of the most vulnerable loners of all. - Anneli Rufus
The loner who looks fabulous is one of the most vulnerable loners of all.
And as experienced as I am, it still summons an act of bravery from me, and I like that. I like the idea of setting an example - proving that it is a… - Anneli Rufus
And as experienced as I am, it still summons an act of bravery from me, and I like that. I like the idea of setting an example - proving that it is a…
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