Lonely people tend, rather, to be lonely because they decline to bear …

David Foster Wallace
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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. ✨ David Foster Wallace (2012). A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again, p.21, Hachette UK
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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. ✨ David Foster Wallace (2012). A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again, p.21, Hachette UK

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