The existence of other people is essentially awkward.

Lionel Shriver
The existence of other people is essentially awkward.
The existence of other people is essentially awkward.
The existence of other people is essentially awkward.
The existence of other people is essentially awkward.
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The existence of other people is essentially awkward. This quote is a way of saying that we should accept that everyone else is a person. People are not a collection of parts or a model of what they are supposed to be. They are who they are and that’s all there is to it.

We don’t have to like them or agree with them, but we can at least be friendly and respectful as they go about their business as is appropriate for the circumstance. To be rude or unkind will not make them respect us any more than we respect them, so it makes no sense to do so.

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