You need as much ballast as possible to stop you from floating away; y…

Nick Hornby
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You need as much ballast as possible to stop you from floating away; you need people around you, things going on, otherwise life is like some film where the money ran out, and there are no sets, or locations, or supporting actors, and it's just one bloke on his own staring into the camera with nothing to do and nobody to speak to, and who'd believe in this character then? ✨ Nick Hornby (1996). High Fidelity, p.85, Penguin
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