Rabiya’s Reviews > The Lonely City: Adventures in the Art of Being Alone > Status Update

reading this while watching Nobody Wants This is a deathly combo

“If it’s difficult to respond to people in this state, it is harder still to reach out from it. Loneliness feels like such a shameful experience, so counter to the lives we are supposed to lead…whose confession seems destined to cause others to turn and flee.”

“The lonelier a person gets, the less adept they become at navigating social currents. Loneliness grows around them…”

“I felt like I was in danger of vanishing, though at the same time, the feelings I had were so raw and overwhelming that I often wished I could find a way of losing myself altogether, perhaps for a few months until the intensity diminished.”