The loneliness of difference, the loneliness of undesirability, the loneliness of not being admitted into the magic circ — Olivia Laing, The Lonely City: Adventures in the Art of Being Alone
The loneliness of difference, the loneliness of undesirability, the loneliness of not being admitted into the magic circ — Olivia Laing, The Lonely City: Adventures in the Art of Being Alone
The loneliness of difference, the loneliness of undesirability, the loneliness of not being admitted into the magic circ — Olivia Laing, The Lonely City: Adventures in the Art of Being Alone
The loneliness of difference, the loneliness of undesirability, the loneliness of not being admitted into the magic circ — Olivia Laing, The Lonely City: Adventures in the Art of Being Alone
The loneliness of difference, the loneliness of undesirability, the loneliness of not being admitted into the magic circ — Olivia Laing, The Lonely City: Adventures in the Art of Being Alone
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The loneliness of difference, the loneliness of undesirability, the loneliness of not being admitted into the magic circles of connection and acceptance – the social and professional groupings, the embracing arms.

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