I was anti-everything and everyone. I didn't want people around me. Th…

Irvine Welsh
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I was anti-everything and everyone. I didn't want people around me. This aversion was not some big crippling anxiety; merely a mature recognition of my own psychological vulnerability and my lack of suitability as a companion. Thoughts jostled for space in my crowded brain as i struggled to give them some order which might serve to motivate my listless life. ✨ Irvine Welsh (1995). The Acid House, p.10, W. W. Norton & Company
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