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. If you had to ask me to define paradise, I would have said a… — Anneli Rufus Copy Share Image
We care. We feel. We think. We do not always miss the absent one. We cannot always come when called. Being friends with a loner requires patience and the wisdom that distance does not mean dislike. — Anneli Rufus Copy Share Image
“Because loners are born everywhere, we end up living everywhere. We do not, have not, tended to single ourselves out as special, elite, requiring… — Anneli Rufus Copy Share Image
And as experienced as I am, it still summons an act of bravery from me, and I like that. I like the idea of… — Anneli Rufus Copy Share Image
Loners live among the mob, so the mob mistakes us for its own, presuming and assuming. When the mob gets too close, the truth… — Anneli Rufus Copy Share Image
“Just as soon as children develop awareness, it is essential to demonstrate to them by word and deed that they must submit,” advised Swiss… — Anneli Rufus Copy Share Image
The loner who looks fabulous is one of the most vulnerable loners of all. — Anneli Rufus Copy Share Image
“We believe that whatever feels at first like joy is not. Or is, but will not last. Or should not last. We feel so… — Anneli Rufus Copy Share Image
Writing is done alone. People do not talk about the things they do alone. — Anneli Rufus Copy Share Image
“To this day, I have a very unhealthy relationship with food. I have an eating disorder; not in that I am anorexic or bulimic—I’m… — Anneli Rufus Copy Share Image
We do not require company. In varying degrees, it bores us, drains us, makes our eyes glaze over. Overcomes us like a steamroller. Of… — Anneli Rufus Copy Share Image
Socializing is as exhausting as giving blood. People assume we loners are misanthropes, just sitting thinking, ‘Oh, people are such a bunch of assholes,’… — Anneli Rufus Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
