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Olivia Laing

“What did I want? What was I looking for? What was I doing there, hour after hour? Contradictory things. I wanted to know what was going on. I wanted to be stimulated. I wanted to be in contact and I wanted to retain my privacy, my private space.”

Olivia Laing, The Lonely City: Adventures in the Art of Being Alone
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The Lonely City: Adventures in the Art of Being Alone The Lonely City: Adventures in the Art of Being Alone by Olivia Laing
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