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Tag: introvert

  • “You Too?” What Friendship Is, and Why It’s So Hard to Find

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    “Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another: ‘What! You too? I thought I was the only one.’ ” – C. S. Lewis, The Four Loves  I’ve always found friendship a tricky thing – I’ve watched other people quickly and easily slide into friendship in a matter of days, and wondered…

  • Advice for an Introvert in Fiction

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    “I certainly have not the talent which some people possess,” said Darcy, “of conversing easily with those I have never seen before. I cannot catch their tone of conversation, or appear interested in their concerns, as I often see done.” “My fingers,” said Elizabeth, “do not move over this instrument in the masterly manner which…

  • Rant About Jane Austen’s ‘Mansfield Park’

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    So, I don’t usually do book reviews on this blog, but Jane Austen’s Mansfield Park is so frustrating, I just have to vent about it somewhere. If you haven’t read it or what to avoid spoilers, don’t worry, you can skip this post. Mansfield Park is a book that has had love and hate poured…