"We know only four boring people. The rest of our friends we find very interesting. However, most of the friends we find interesting find us boring: the most interesting find us the most boring. The few who are somewhere in the middle, with whom there is a reciprocal interest, we distrust: at any moment, we feel, they may become too interesting for us, or we too interesting for them."
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“Boring Friends” by Lydia Davis
With perfect economy, Davis manages to encapsulate all of my (and I’m probably not alone) social anxieties. I feel both comforted and mocked.
