Only humans can cry tears. ✨ Jonathan Safran Foer (2013). Extremely Lo…

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Only humans can cry tears. ✨ Jonathan Safran Foer (2013). Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close: A Novel, p.96, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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Only humans can cry tears. ✨ Jonathan Safran Foer (2013). Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close: A Novel, p.96, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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