An Uncommon Affliction

“…they were very cheerful and friendly and I avoided them strenuously.”

An Unexpected Light - Travels In Afghanistan by Jason Elliot, Picador, London, 1999 - page 394.

An uncommon affliction. I seem to do the same, preferring even more so to be by myself most of the time. Or at least to be in silence even while next to someone. “I’m not afraid of your silences,” she said to me and I fell in love and married her.