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A few weeks after the worst day, I started writing lots of letters. I don't know why, but it was one of the only things that made my boots lighter.

Jonathan Safran Foer

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Jonathan Safran Foer
Age: 47
Born: 1977
Born: February 21
Novelist
Writer
Washington
District of Columbia
Things
Weeks
Lots
Letters
Started
Week
Worst
Lighters
Writing
Lighter
Made
Boots

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