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She felt as if she were brimming, always producing and hoarding more love inside her. But there was no release.
Jonathan Safran Foer
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Jonathan Safran Foer
Age: 47
Born: 1977
Born: February 21
Novelist
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Washington
District of Columbia
Felt
Always
Love
Brimming
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Release
Inside
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