We need enormous pockets, pockets big enough for our families and our …

Jonathan Safran Foer
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We need enormous pockets, pockets big enough for our families and our friends, and even the people who aren't on our lists, people we've never met but still want to protect. We need pockets for boroughs and for cities, a pocket that could hold the universe. ✨ Jonathan Safran Foer (2013). Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close: A Novel, p.74, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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