The Opposite of Loneliness: Essays and Stories
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We don’t have a word for the opposite of loneliness, but if we did, I could say that’s what I want in life.
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We have these impossibly high standards and we’ll probably never live up to our perfect fantasies of our future selves. But I feel like that’s okay.
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something about the stillness or my state of mind reminded me of the world’s remarkable capacity to carry on in every place at once.
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I worry sometimes that humans are afraid of helping humans. There’s less risk associated with animals, less fear of failure, fear of getting too involved.