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Michelle asked this question about The Lonely City: Adventures in the Art of Being Alone:
What do you think Olivia Laing meant with her final quote “because if we know anything from what has gone before us, it is that the time for feeling will not last”?
Jack The way that I interpreted the statement is death, when there is no longer any feeling at all. I think the author is urging understanding and perhaps …moreThe way that I interpreted the statement is death, when there is no longer any feeling at all. I think the author is urging understanding and perhaps some empathy in the different facets of loneliness as death will come day and there won't be anything to feel after that.(less)
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The Lonely City
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