To be interested in something is to be involved in what is essentially…

Geoff Dyer
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To be interested in something is to be involved in what is essentially a stressful relationship with that thing, to suffer anxiety on its behalf. ✨ Geoff Dyer (2014). Out of Sheer Rage: Wrestling with D. H. Lawrence, p.205, North Point Press
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To be interested in something is to be involved in what is essentially a stressful relationship with that thing, to suffer anxiety on its behalf. ✨ Geoff Dyer (2014). Out of Sheer Rage: Wrestling with D. H. Lawrence, p.205, North Point Press

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