I cried when my ex-girlfriend sent me a text message saying how much she liked my present to her.
Tao Lindoes a society exist where it's become acceptable to wear 'helmets' enclosing one's entire head when in public to preempt social interaction
Tao LinAs a child, sheโd always had what she imagined were fascinating thoughts, but didnโt ever say them. Once, as a little girl, at recess, she thought that if she ran very fast at a pole and then caught it and swung quickly around, part of her would keep going, and she would become two girls.
Tao LinThere was an enjoyment to being alive, he felt, that because of an underlying meaninglessnessโlike how a person alone for too long cannot feel comfortable when with others; cannot neglect that underlying the feeling of belongingness is the certainty, really, of loneliness, and nothingness, and so experiences life in that hurried, worthless way one experiences a mistakeโhe could no longer get at.
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