When you are lonely, writing can keep you company. It is also a form o…

Geoff Dyer
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When you are lonely, writing can keep you company. It is also a form of self-compensation, a way of making up for things—as opposed to making things up—that did not quite happen. ✨ Geoff Dyer (2007). Yoga for People Who Can't Be Bothered to Do It, p.13, Vintage
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When you are lonely, writing can keep you company. It is also a form of self-compensation, a way of making up for things—as opposed to making things up—that did not quite happen. ✨ Geoff Dyer (2007). Yoga for People Who Can't Be Bothered to Do It, p.13, Vintage

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