Letters (weblogs) are secretive, the reader (the writer) is in charge and feels no pressure of the writer’s (the reader’s) presence, and I do believe that a young girl prefers to be alone with her dreams. Or more precisely:
Et brev er en hemmelighedsfuld kommunikasjon; man er herre over situationen, f¯ler intet tryk af nogen tilstedevÊrende, og sit ideal, tror jeg, vil en ung pige helst vÊre ganske alene med.
S¯ren Kierkegaard, Forf¯rerens dagbok, side 125.
Sorry; I don’t have the English translation, and mine is approximate at best.
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