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Words to ponder.

"Why do people have to be this lonely? What’s the point of it all? Millions of people in this world, all of them yearning, looking to others to satisfy them, yet isolating themselves. Why? Was the earth put here just to nourish human loneliness?"
Haruki Murakami

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Magenta · F

Love this! Especially this: [quote]all of them yearning, looking to others to satisfy them, yet isolating themselves. [/quote] It's sad though.

I didn't get the lonely gene, I almost never feel it. I do feel quite loved by some..
But, I think, it's easier for many to live in a state of delusion and illusion/fantasy, like on social sites like this. Then they don't have to sacrifice anything or suffer through the challenging times. Just some thoughts.

diablesse · 56-60, F

@Magenta I think many have been burned once too often and prefer to push people away rather than risk getting hurt again.