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...very lonely and, often, very unhappy, with the poignant misery that comes to lonely people who long to be social and cannot, somehow, step naturally and unselfconsciously into some friendly group
...very lonely and, often, very unhappy, with the poignant misery that comes to lonely people who long to be social and cannot, somehow, step naturally and unselfconsciously into some friendly group
Approximate author period: c. 1940 AD · modern
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- Shirley Jackson
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- Approximate author period: c. 1940 AD · modern
Approximate author-period evidence for Shirley Jackson: documented activity in 1940. Wikidata Q239910, inspected 2026-10-08. Not a quotation composition date or independent verification of attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q239910 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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