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It took me as long as I had known him to get rid of all of his words. Like turning an hourglass over.
Jonathan Safran Foer
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Jonathan Safran Foer
Age: 47
Born: 1977
Born: February 21
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Family are the people who must make you feel ashamed when you are deserving of shame.
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How did her life live itself without her.
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Part of living your life is an awareness of the opportunities that can be missed and an awareness that time moves in one direction.
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The French, who love their dogs, sometimes eat their horses. The Spanish, who love their horses, sometimes eat their cows. The Indians, who love their cows, sometimes eat their dogs.
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I never confused what I had with what I was.
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