There are only so many times that you can utter ‘It does not hurt’ bef…

Jonathan Safran Foer
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There are only so many times that you can utter ‘It does not hurt’ before it begins to hurt even more than the hurt. You become enlightened of the feeling of feeling hurt, which is worse, I am certain, than the existent hurt. ✨ Jonathan Safran Foer (2013). Everything Is Illuminated, p.117, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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