You're incredibly beautiful,' I told her, because she was fat, so I th…

Jonathan Safran Foer
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You're incredibly beautiful,' I told her, because she was fat, so I thought it would be an especially nice compliment, and also make her like me again, even though I was sexist. ✨ Jonathan Safran Foer (2013). Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close: A Novel, p.44, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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You're incredibly beautiful,' I told her, because she was fat, so I thought it would be an especially nice compliment, and also make her like me again, even though I was sexist. ✨ Jonathan Safran Foer (2013). Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close: A Novel, p.44, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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