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[raybear]

"One of the problems with people in Chicago, she remembered, was that they were never lonely at the same time. Their sadnesses occurred in isolation, lurched and spazzed, sent them spinning fizzily back into empty padded corners, disconnected and alone."

- Lorrie Moore, Willing

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[jessicaeve.livejournal.com]

I love Lorrie Moore.

This is so exactly true.

[magdalene1.livejournal.com]

Have you read Divisadero by Michael Ondaatje? If so, I'd be interested to know your thoughts.

[crafting-change.livejournal.com]

I just saw the Joy Division documentary that matches this quote perfectly - even if it happened somewhere else entirely.

[cheerfulchaotic.livejournal.com]

Feeling a little out of it?

[unscrambled.livejournal.com]

Man! I like her writing a lot.

Birds of America most.

[ky-fried-woman.livejournal.com]

I would say that this statement could actually apply to many an urban environment.