flâneur

change, nostalgia, lightness - by Ava - bookbear express

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Aldous Huxley and D.H. Lawrence, 1928 All my friends are moving to the city. March disappears into April into May. I tell people that after a year spent mostly with S—mostly with my laptop and my bike, mostly reading with my screen brightness turned up too high under the comforter for hours because I can’t fall asleep and can’t stay asleep—I’ve forgotten how to make conversation. I’m nervous. I’m also grateful: I don’t like phone calls, I don’t like video chats, I prefer being in person. You can tell everything about someone from the quality of their silence.

Aldous Huxley and D.H. Lawrence, 1928 All my friends are moving to the city. March disappears into April into May. I tell people that after a year spent mostly with S—mostly with my laptop and my bike, mostly reading with my screen brightness turned up too high under the comforter for hours because I can’t fall asleep and can’t stay asleep—I’ve forgotten how to make conversation. I’m nervous. I’m also grateful: I don’t like phone calls, I don’t like video chats, I prefer being in person. You can tell everything about someone from the quality of their silence. Everyone says the summer will…

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