Say the whole point of love is to try to get your fingers through the …

David Foster Wallace
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Say the whole point of love is to try to get your fingers through the holes in the lover's mask. To get some kind of hold on the mask, and who cares how you do it. ✨ David Foster Wallace (2014). Girl With Curious Hair, p.30, Hachette UK
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Say the whole point of love is to try to get your fingers through the holes in the lover's mask. To get some kind of hold on the mask, and who cares how you do it. ✨ David Foster Wallace (2014). Girl With Curious Hair, p.30, Hachette UK

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