They reciprocated the great and saving lie--that our love for things i…

Jonathan Safran Foer
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They reciprocated the great and saving lie--that our love for things is greater than our lover for our love for things--willfully playing the parts they wrote for themselves, willfully creating and believing fictions necessary for life.
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