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I missed you even when I was with you. That’s been my problem. I miss what I already have, and I surround myself with things that are missing.

Jonathan Safran Foer

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Jonathan Safran Foer
Age: 47
Born: 1977
Born: February 21
Novelist
Writer
Washington
District of Columbia
Missing
Already
Problem
Even
Things
Missed
Surround
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