“there was something about being alone in places that were usually filled with people that made them seem particularly empty when it was just you.”
“There was something special about being in a strange place, all alone in a mass of people even if you had just screwed up your life, or perhaps especially if you had just screwed up your life.”
“Being needed was a handy trick. It could fill you up so full you never even noticed all the places that were empty.”
“But one thing that I was learning about what happened when you stuck around—it usually seemed that other people were willing to stick by you as well.”
“Particularly beautiful people were like particularly funny-looking people, though. Once you know them you mostly forgot about it.”
“It seemed in life, whenever you were wanted, it was for some discussion or explanation. Silence was just something to be filled.”