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Alone but not lonely

What is the one thing that hurt you the most?_x000D_ "Once a friend told me that I would end up alone sitting in a bench when I grow old. And as soon as he said that, it took me to that place._x000D_...

Published18 October 2014

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Location Nepal

Alone but not lonely

What is the one thing that hurt you the most?_x000D_ "Once a friend told me that I would end up alone sitting in a bench when I grow old. And as soon as he said that, it took me to that place._x000D_...

What is the one thing that hurt you the most?_x000D_ "Once a friend told me that I would end up alone sitting in a bench when I grow old. And as soon as he said that, it took me to that place._x000D_ It was not a pleasant picture and it hurt me."_x000D_ What did you do?_x000D_ "Nothing. I just keep to myself. I feel like everything is temporary and no relations really last for ever. I just have a certain way of things. I like to be left alone but I am not lonely. It's just me."_x000D_ _x000D_ - Prakriti Pokharel, Mandikhatar, Kathmandu

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