I try not to remember the life that I didn’t want to lose but lost and…

Jonathan Safran Foer
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I try not to remember the life that I didn’t want to lose but lost and have to remember ✨ Jonathan Safran Foer (2013). Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close: A Novel, p.109, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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I try not to remember the life that I didn’t want to lose but lost and have to remember ✨ Jonathan Safran Foer (2013). Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close: A Novel, p.109, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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