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We talked about nothing in particular, but it felt like we were talking about the most important things.

Jonathan Safran Foer

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Jonathan Safran Foer
Age: 47
Born: 1977
Born: February 21
Novelist
Writer
Washington
District of Columbia
Talking
Felt
Nothing
Important
Things
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