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“It’s got something to do with love. With having the discipline to talk out of the part of yourself that can love instead of the part that just wants to be loved.” quote by David Foster Wallace — Download Open image

““It’s got something to do with love. With having the discipline to talk out of the part of yourself that can love instead of the part that just wants to be loved.””

David Foster Wallace

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