One day you will do things for me that you hate. That is what it means…

Jonathan Safran Foer
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One day you will do things for me that you hate. That is what it means to be family. ✨ Jonathan Safran Foer (2013). Everything Is Illuminated, p.2, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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One day you will do things for me that you hate. That is what it means to be family. ✨ Jonathan Safran Foer (2013). Everything Is Illuminated, p.2, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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