It's probably hard to feel any sort of Romantic spiritual connection t…

David Foster Wallace
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It's probably hard to feel any sort of Romantic spiritual connection to nature when you have to make your living from it. ✨ David Foster Wallace (2012). A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again, p.73, Hachette UK
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It's probably hard to feel any sort of Romantic spiritual connection to nature when you have to make your living from it. ✨ David Foster Wallace (2012). A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again, p.73, Hachette UK

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