I observe, I write, I try not to remember the life that I didn't want …

Jonathan Safran Foer
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I observe, I write, I try not to remember the life that I didn't want to loose but lost and have to remember, being here fills my heart with so much joy, even if the joy isn't mine, and at the end of the day I fill the suitcase with old news. ✨ Jonathan Safran Foer (2013). Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close: A Novel, p.109, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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