Had he already inspired a passion in some stranger’s heart?

Edmund White
About This Quote

The inflection in which you ask this question makes all the difference. If you ask this question in a way that implies that someone else is interested in him and that you’re not simply speaking about how much he means to you, then the meaning of this quote shifts.

Source: Our Young Man

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