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> [Loners live among the mob, so the mob mistakes us for its own, presuming and assuming. When the mob gets too close,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anneli-rufus/loners-live-among-the-mob-so-the-mob-mistakes-us-for-its-own/)

[Anneli Rufus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anneli-rufus/)

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> [The loner who looks fabulous is one of the most vulnerable loners of all.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anneli-rufus/the-loner-who-looks-fabulous-is-one-of-the-most-vulnerable-loners-of/)

[Anneli Rufus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anneli-rufus/)

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> [Loners, if you catch them, are well worth the trouble. Not dulled by excess human contact, nor blasé or focused on your…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anneli-rufus/loners-if-you-catch-them-are-well-worth-the-trouble-not-dulled-by/)

[Anneli Rufus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anneli-rufus/)

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## More by Anneli Rufus

> [“Because loners are born everywhere, we end up living everywhere. We do not, have not, tended to single ourselves out as special, elite, requiring…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anneli-rufus/because-loners-are-born-everywhere-we-end-up-living-everywhere-we-do/)

[Anneli Rufus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anneli-rufus/)

> [The whole world is a personality cult.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anneli-rufus/the-whole-world-is-a-personality-cult/)

[Anneli Rufus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anneli-rufus/and-as-experienced-as-i-am-it-still-summons-an-act-of-bravery-from-me/)

[Anneli Rufus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anneli-rufus/loners-live-among-the-mob-so-the-mob-mistakes-us-for-its-own/)

[Anneli Rufus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anneli-rufus/)

> [“Just as soon as children develop awareness, it is essential to demonstrate to them by word and deed that they must submit,” advised Swiss…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anneli-rufus/just-as-soon-as-children-develop-awareness-it-is-essential-to/)

[Anneli Rufus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anneli-rufus/)

> [The loner who looks fabulous is one of the most vulnerable loners of all.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anneli-rufus/the-loner-who-looks-fabulous-is-one-of-the-most-vulnerable-loners-of/)

[Anneli Rufus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anneli-rufus/we-believe-that-whatever-feels-at-first-like-joy-is-not-or-is-but/)

[Anneli Rufus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anneli-rufus/)

> [Writing is done alone. People do not talk about the things they do alone.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anneli-rufus/writing-is-done-alone-people-do-not-talk-about-the-things-they-do/)

[Anneli Rufus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anneli-rufus/)

> [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anneli-rufus/to-this-day-i-have-a-very-unhealthy-relationship-with-food-i-have-an/)

[Anneli Rufus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anneli-rufus/)

> [We do not require company. In varying degrees, it bores us, drains us, makes our eyes glaze over. Overcomes us like a steamroller. Of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anneli-rufus/we-do-not-require-company-in-varying-degrees-it-bores-us-drains-us/)

[Anneli Rufus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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 assholes,’…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anneli-rufus/socializing-is-as-exhausting-as-giving-blood-people-assume-we-loners/)

[Anneli Rufus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anneli-rufus/after-what-others-would-call-a-fun-day-out-together-we-feel-as-if-we/)

[Anneli Rufus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anneli-rufus/we-believe-that-whatever-feels-at-first-like-joy-is-not-or-is-but-2/)

[Anneli Rufus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anneli-rufus/not-that-i-was-incapable-of-friendship-don-t-be-shy-the-teachers/)

[Anneli Rufus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anneli-rufus/)

> [“written works do not produce fast reactions as pictures and sculptures and music do. it takes no effort to see or hear. but to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anneli-rufus/written-works-do-not-produce-fast-reactions-as-pictures-and/)

[Anneli Rufus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anneli-rufus/)

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