I wanted to touch him, to tell him that even if everyone left everyone…

Jonathan Safran Foer
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I wanted to touch him, to tell him that even if everyone left everyone, I would never leave him, he talked and talked, his words fell through him, trying to find the floor to his sadness. ✨ Jonathan Safran Foer (2013). Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close: A Novel, p.280, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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I wanted to touch him, to tell him that even if everyone left everyone, I would never leave him, he talked and talked, his words fell through him, trying to find the floor to his sadness. ✨ Jonathan Safran Foer (2013). Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close: A Novel, p.280, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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