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When i get lonely these days, i think: so be lonely, liz. learn your way around loneliness. make a map of it. sit with it, for once in your life. welcome to the human experience. but never again use another person's body or emotions as a scratching post for your own unfulfilled yearnings.
-Elizabeth Gilbert
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When I Get Lonely These Days, I

Elizabeth Gilbert
When i get lonely these days, i think: so be lonely, liz. learn your way around loneliness. make a map of it. sit with it, for once in your life. welcome to the human experience. but never again use another person's body or emotions as a scratching post for your own unfulfilled yearnings.
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