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<strong>in</strong> a chignon, and <strong>of</strong>ten gazes at peoplefrom under lowered lashes.Greg and Emily <strong>com</strong>plement eachother beautifully. Without Greg, Emilymight forget to leave the house, exceptto go to work. But without Emily, Gregwould feel—paradoxically for such asocial creature—alone.Before they met, most <strong>of</strong> Greg’s girlfriendswere extroverts. He says he enjoyedthose relationships, but never gotto know his girlfriends well, becausethey were always “plott<strong>in</strong>g how to bewith groups <strong>of</strong> people.” He speaks <strong>of</strong>Emily with a k<strong>in</strong>d <strong>of</strong> awe, as if she hasaccess to a deeper state <strong>of</strong> be<strong>in</strong>g. Healso describes her as “the anchor”around which his world revolves.Emily, for her part, treasures Greg’sebullient nature; he makes her feelhappy and alive. She has always beenattracted to extroverts, who she says636/929

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