With Others

n. The road-like reflection of the moon on water.... more

n. Staying up late and having an enjoyable time with friends.... more

adj. A warm, positive feeling of togetherness and coziness.... more

n. Creative problem-solving with minimal resources.... more

v. Taking a break to enjoy coffee, pastries, and conversation with others.... more

n. Gazing vacantly into the distance without thinking.... more

n. The interconnectedness of humanity and human kindness.... more

n. Silent understanding between two people, both unwilling to act.... more

n. Buying books and leaving them unread.... more

n. Pride from knowing you're unconditionally loved.... more

n. Tenderly running fingers through a loved one's hair.... more

n. Curiosity about the impact you've had on the lives of the people you know.... more

adj. Feeling lonely in a crowd; unable to communicate with anonymous faces.... more

adj. Feeling uneasy when socializing with incompatible groups of people.... more

n. The primal longing for a home village to return to, a place that no longer exists, if it ever did.... more

n. The unsettling awareness of the world moving on in your absence.... more

n. The desire to care less about things and hold life loosely and playfully.... more

n. The wistful feeling of looking around a gathering of loved ones, knowing that it won't always be this way.... more

n. The shock of meeting someone and realizing your mental image of them is outdated.... more

n. The bittersweet awareness that all things must end.... more

n. The fear that you're no longer able to change.... more

n. The eeriness of places left behind.... more

n. An unassuming feature of our daily lives that will eventually seem bizarre in the future.... more

n. The anxiety of not knowing "the real you".... more

n. A place that seems significant to others but not to you, leaving you trying to feel something.... more

n. The set of living people who have known you all your life, all the way back to your infancy.... more

n. The habit of falling hard for a new acquaintance and imagining an elaborate future together.... more

n. The half-remembered acquaintances you knew years ago.... more

n. The fear that your deepest connections with people are ultimately pretty shallow.... more

n. The tendency to give up trying to talk about an experience because others cannot relate to it.... more

n. A dizzying sense of awe at the sheer scale of modern society.... more

n. The awareness that your partner perceives the relationship from a different angle.... more

n. The awareness that someone you've known for years still has a private and mysterious inner life.... more

n. The wish for people to prioritize physical interactions over social norms.... more

n. The sense that you're more than the categories that society puts you in.... more

n. The unhinged delirium of being alone for an extended period of time.... more

adj. Humbled by readily entrusting your life to strangers without a second thought.... more

n. The awareness of how little we really know.... more

n. To wander through a cemetery imagining the lives of the deceased.... more

n. The sense that your life doesn't fit into a story.... more

n. A momentary trance of emotional clarity.... more

n. The poignant humanness beneath the spectacle of society.... more

n. The habit of believing that a single change could solve all problems, leaving you perpetually on the verge of a better life.... more

n. The point in early adolescence when you realize that adults are no less lost and insecure than you.... more

n. Feeling torn between the life you want and the life you have.... more

n. The atmosphere of camaraderie when people are stuck together in a certain place.... more

n. A complicated feeling of envy and admiration for younger individuals.... more

n. A state of exhaustion with human cruelty, leading to appreciation for kindness and joy.... more

n. The desire to capture a fleeting experience.... more

n. The anxiety of being an individual.... more

n. The disorienting feeling of meeting an old friend and realizing you've both changed.... more

n. Nostalgia for a time you never experienced.... more

n. A condition of having an active social life but very few close friends.... more

n. The hidden vulnerability of others.... more

adj. Longing to disappear completely and become invisible in a crowd.... more

n. The inexplicable urge to push people away, even close friends.... more

n. The brilliant artistry hidden all around you.... more

n. Curiosity about the real people behind internet usernames and a technique in digital graphics to smooth the appearance of jagged pixels in low-resolution images.... more

n. The fear that you've lived an ordinary life.... more

n. The fear that your connections with people will diminish as you age.... more

n. The sheepish casual vibe between two people who've shared an emotional farewell but then unexpectedly have a little extra time together.... more

adj. Struck by the poignant strangeness of other people's homes.... more

n. The mystery of what goes on behind the scenes of your social life.... more

adj. Suddenly aware of the limitations of your social circles.... more

n. Vivid memories of a certain experience that may be disputed by others, leading to a reevaluation of one's worldview.... more

n. A relationship or friendship that lingers in your thoughts, despite seeming to have ended.... more

n. The ambiguous intensity of eye contact.... more

n. The longing to see how other people live their lives when they're not in public.... more

n. The desire to see your memories in advance.... more

n. The self-contained pajama universe shared by two people on a long weekend morning.... more

n. The phenomenon of observing your parents interact with people they grew up with, which reboots their personalities into youth mode.... more

n. The feeling of being stuck on Earth.... more

n. A condition of scanning faces in a crowd for a specific person who would have no reason to be there.... more

n. The tendency for social networks to magnify unexpected personality traits of people you know.... more

n. The pang of loneliness felt after an intensely social event.... more

n. The sadness of never knowing how history will unfold.... more

n. The fear that originality is no longer possible.... more

n. A mysterious aura of loneliness felt in certain places.... more

n. An innocuous touch by someone just doing their job that you find more meaningful than you'd like to admit.... more

n. The fantasy of an elaborate diagnosis that neatly captures the kind of person you are.... more

n. The sorrow of imagining the wealth of knowledge forever lost to history.... more

n. The awareness that seemingly unremarkable experiences may have a profound impact on others.... more

n. The sadness of never truly knowing what others think of you.... more

n. A state of unease caused by excessive admiration, leading to doubts about one's true self.... more

n. The inability to determine the appropriate level of sympathy for one's situation.... more

n. The awareness that everyone has a story.... more

n. The sadness of being unable to convey a powerful memory to those who were not present.... more

n. A friendship that can lie dormant for years only to pick right back up instantly.... more

n. A fart hoped to be discussed later.... more

adj. Stance when looking at bookshelves.... more

n. Remote acquaintance claimed as close friend.... more

n. Best spot to watch undressing across the street.... more

n. Measure of luminosity.... more

n. Discrepancy in group bill payment.... more

n. Back-slapping man in pub or Morley's story.... more

n. Benign tumours on noses of certain people.... more

n. Sound of polite nasal breathing in lift.... more

n vb. Tuneless humming when angry.... more

pl n. Forgotten keys used for nose-bleed cure.... more

n. Process of finding mints in After Eight box.... more

pl n. People who won't leave.... more

n. Dullest holiday person who contacts later.... more

n. Pretending not to recognize in passageway.... more

n. Moment of false recognition in passageway.... more

n. Radio music hard to distinguish from ad.... more

adj. Smell of taxi after passengers.... more

n. Look at queue-barger.... more

vb. Taking extra slice in division.... more

participial vb. Jaw movements after dentist.... more