Am I such a bad person for dreaming of a world that ends when I do? I …

Jonathan Safran Foer
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Am I such a bad person for dreaming of a world that ends when I do? I don't mean the world ending with respect to me, but every set of eyes closing with mine. ✨ Jonathan Safran Foer (2013). Everything Is Illuminated, p.84, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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Am I such a bad person for dreaming of a world that ends when I do? I don't mean the world ending with respect to me, but every set of eyes closing with mine. ✨ Jonathan Safran Foer (2013). Everything Is Illuminated, p.84, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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