Literature was the only religion her father practiced, when a book fel…

Jonathan Safran Foer
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Literature was the only religion her father practiced, when a book fell on the floor he kissed it, when he was done with a book he tried to give it away to someone who would love it. ✨ Jonathan Safran Foer (2013). Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close: A Novel, p.114, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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Literature was the only religion her father practiced, when a book fell on the floor he kissed it, when he was done with a book he tried to give it away to someone who would love it. ✨ Jonathan Safran Foer (2013). Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close: A Novel, p.114, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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