Meekly swallowing and assimilating the customs of the more powerful has always been a strategy by which the less powerful have tried to fit in.

Maureen Corrigan
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  1. It's not that I don't like people. It's just that when I'm in the company of others - even my nearest and dearest - there always comes a moment when I'd rather be reading a book.

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  5. Luckily, my job demands constant reading, otherwise I'd have to figure out some other excuse.

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