Something New Every Day

Stories and essays on identity, creative thought, and everyday common sense.

Some people value their privacy

You’ve a better chance of getting blood out of a stone than getting personal information out of a private person. It’s not that they’re antisocial. They just have a habit of getting other people to talk about themselves, which is quite easy because a lot of people like to talk instead of listening. If someone asks a private person a personal question, they will give a vague answer before directing the attention away from them once more. You can know this kind of person for years and still not know them. I don’t know why they are the way they are except maybe they believe in the following line. People can’t use what they don’t know against you.


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