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My dream went all the way back to the beginning. The rain rose into the clouds, and the animals descended the ramp.

Jonathan Safran Foer

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Jonathan Safran Foer
Age: 47
Born: 1977
Born: February 21
Novelist
Writer
Washington
District of Columbia
Way
Rose
Animals
Rain
Beginning
Went
Animal
Ramp
Dream
Descended
Back
Clouds

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