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One too many heartbreaks
#WritcoStoryPrompt45
Write a story based on this famous excerpt from The Night Slowly Came by Kate Chopin:
I am losing my interest in human beings; in the significance of their lives and their actions. Someone has said it is better to study one man than ten books. I want neither books nor men; they make me suffer…
One would consider me Antisocial, claim I have social anxiety when that is far from the truth. I simply do not wish to be in the presence of human beings, their lives and actions mean nothing to me. At first I thought it was my normal irritation, one that came a few times a year, but now it's more than that. Even books seem like a hassle to me. What was once my way of escaping reality is now a factor of my irritation. I have tried to understand humans, to understand why they do certain things or say certain things. In the end my answer remains the same, they just lack common sense. Put a simple situation in front of...
Write a story based on this famous excerpt from The Night Slowly Came by Kate Chopin:
I am losing my interest in human beings; in the significance of their lives and their actions. Someone has said it is better to study one man than ten books. I want neither books nor men; they make me suffer…
One would consider me Antisocial, claim I have social anxiety when that is far from the truth. I simply do not wish to be in the presence of human beings, their lives and actions mean nothing to me. At first I thought it was my normal irritation, one that came a few times a year, but now it's more than that. Even books seem like a hassle to me. What was once my way of escaping reality is now a factor of my irritation. I have tried to understand humans, to understand why they do certain things or say certain things. In the end my answer remains the same, they just lack common sense. Put a simple situation in front of...
