He'd mistaken loneliness for independence, and had become so good at closing himself off from the world that it took an e-mail to remind him what it was like to have a real conversation.
—Jennifer E. Smith in This is What Happy Looks Like
—Jennifer E. Smith in This is What Happy Looks Like
It is a common delusion that you make things better by talking about them.
If other people are going to talk, conversation becomes impossible.