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The only infallible truth of our lives is that everything we love in life will be taken from us.
Dave Eggers
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Dave Eggers
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: March 12
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Most people would trade everything they know, everyone they know- they'd trade it all to know they've been seen, and acknowledged, that they might even be remembered. We all know we die. We all know the world is too big for us to be significant. So all we have is the hope of being seen, or heard, even for a moment.
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