I know a couple who treasure friends who are what they call "lingerable." They are the sort of people you want to linger with at the table after a meal or in chairs outside the pool, to let things flow, to let the relationship emerge. It's a great talent—to be someone others consider lingerable.
-David Brooks, How To Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen
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I love this insight as I believe I do this, but never realized it was a good skill for human connection.
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