We care. We feel. We think. We do not always miss the absent one. We cannot always come … - Anneli Rufus

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The present Constitution, with a few alterations of a trifling nature, is just as good as we want; and if it is sustained on this land of Joseph, it will be done by us and our posterity.

Anneli Rufus

We care. We feel. We think. We do not always miss the absent one. We cannot always come when called. Being friends with a loner requires patience and the wisdom that distance does not mean dislike.

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Socializing is as exhausting as giving blood. People assume we loners are misanthropes, just sitting thinking, ‘Oh, people are such a bunch of assholes,’ but it’s really not like that. We just have a smaller tolerance for what it takes to be with others. It means having to perform. I get so tired of communicating.

Giving, Mean, Smaller, Socializing, Thinking, Tired

The loner who looks fabulous is one of the most vulnerable loners of all.

Fabulous, Loner, Loners, Looks, Vulnerable

After what others would call a fun day out together, we feel as if we have been at the Red Cross, donating blood.

Blood, Fun, Together

We do not require company. In varying degrees, it bores us, drains us, makes our eyes glaze over. Overcomes us like a steamroller. Of course, the rest of the world doesn't understand.

Course, Degrees, Drains, Eye, Overcoming, World

Writing is done alone. People do not talk about the things they do alone.

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