I got tired, I told him. Not worn out, but worn through. Like one of t…

Jonathan Safran Foer
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I got tired, I told him. Not worn out, but worn through. Like one of those wives who wakes up one morning and says I can't bake any more bread. ✨ Jonathan Safran Foer (2013). Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close: A Novel, p.180, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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