"She was just as happy alone as with company. When she was alone, she was potential; with others she was realized. Alone, she was self-contained, her tightly spinning magnetic energy oscillating around her. When in company, she had invisible tethers to everyone in the room: as they moved away, she pulled them in. She was a naval commander knowing the location of all her boats. She knew who was doing better than she was, what man she would care to seduce just to prove she could."
Steve Martin, An Object of Beauty (via caryrandolph)
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