“You always feel like you are the only one in the world, like everyone else is crazy for each other, but it's not true. Generally, people don't like each other very much. And that goes for friends, too.”

—  Miranda July

Source: No One Belongs Here More Than You

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American performance artist, musician and writer 1974

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