“ Lonely people tend, rather, to be lonely because they decline to bear the psychic costs of being around other humans. They are allergic to people. People affect them too strongly. ”
Source: A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again: Essays and Arguments
Categories: Loneliness Relationship Humans
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