I put my hand on the doorknob because I thought maybe her hand was on …

Jonathan Safran Foer
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I put my hand on the doorknob because I thought maybe her hand was on the doorknob on the other side. ✨ Jonathan Safran Foer (2013). Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close: A Novel, p.172, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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I put my hand on the doorknob because I thought maybe her hand was on the doorknob on the other side. ✨ Jonathan Safran Foer (2013). Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close: A Novel, p.172, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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