The only way to overcome sadness is to consume it. ✨ Jonathan Safran F…

Jonathan Safran Foer
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The only way to overcome sadness is to consume it. ✨ Jonathan Safran Foer (2013). Everything Is Illuminated, p.122, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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The only way to overcome sadness is to consume it. ✨ Jonathan Safran Foer (2013). Everything Is Illuminated, p.122, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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