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> [You would open a drawer, which my father had jammed full of newspapers, and the bottom would drop out. There were buttons and screws and nails and bottle caps and jar lids – the drawer of jar lids! Why? Because…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roz-chast/you-would-open-a-drawer-which-my-father-had-jammed-full-of-newspapers/)

[Roz Chast](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roz-chast/)

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