Forsaken, fucking in the cold, eating each other, lost runny noses, complaining all the time like so many people that we know
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- The speaker describes a desperate scene of intimacy and decay shared by others.
- In plain terms
- People are stuck in bleak situations together.
- What can you take from it?
- Hardship connects people.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- How does suffering connect people?
Another view
It is graphic and potentially alienating.
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