He read it for the same reason an animal tears at a wounded foot: to h…

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He read it for the same reason an animal tears at a wounded foot: to hurt the pain. ✨ Nathanael West, Jonathan Lethem (2009). Miss Lonelyhearts: & the Day of the Locust, p.39, New Directions Publishing
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He read it for the same reason an animal tears at a wounded foot: to hurt the pain. ✨ Nathanael West, Jonathan Lethem (2009). Miss Lonelyhearts: & the Day of the Locust, p.39, New Directions Publishing

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