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)

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.

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