"We believe that whatever feels at first like……" — 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 our own inklings of joy, blunting the pain we think awaits."
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Anneli Rufus
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11 Quotes by 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…
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Writing is done alone. People do not talk about the things they do alone.
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Not that I was incapable of friendship. 'Don't be shy', the teachers coaxed. I was not shy, only extremely choosy.…
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The whole world is a personality cult.
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The loner who looks fabulous is one of the most vulnerable loners of all.
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After what others would call a fun day out together, we feel as if we have been at the Red…
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We care. We feel. We think. We do not always miss the absent one. We cannot always come when called.…
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Socializing is as exhausting as giving blood. People assume we loners are misanthropes, just sitting thinking, ‘Oh, people are such…
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We do not require company. In varying degrees, it bores us, drains us, makes our eyes glaze over. Overcomes us…
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And as experienced as I am, it still summons an act of bravery from me, and I like that. I…
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