"We do not require company. In varying degrees,……" — 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 course, the rest of the world doesn't understand."
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Anneli Rufus
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11 Quotes by Anneli Rufus
Anneli Rufus has 11 quotes on this site.
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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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We believe that whatever feels at first like joy is not. Or is, but will not last. Or should not…
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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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And as experienced as I am, it still summons an act of bravery from me, and I like that. I…
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