<!-- bryant-content-generator:start --> # Loneliness is intensified when private pain is... > Loneliness is intensified when private pain is placed beside a public performance of universal happiness. Communities can reduce that distortion by making ordinary struggle speakable and by creating invitations that do not require romantic partnership as the price of admission. **Source:** [[livestreams/Love, Social Design, and the Purpose of Community - Workbook|Love, Social Design, and the Purpose of Community]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “Loneliness is intensified when private pain is placed beside a public performance of universal happiness. Communities can reduce that distortion by making ordinary struggle speakable and by creating invitations that do not require romantic partnership as the price of admission.” — Bryant McGill https://bryantmcgill.com/quotes/quotes-loneliness-intensified-private-partnership-price-admission ``` <!-- bryant-content-generator:end -->