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“She almost reminds the engineer of certain types in high school whom everyone adored because you sensed it made no difference to them whether you adored them.” quote by David Foster Wallace — Download Open image

““She almost reminds the engineer of certain types in high school whom everyone adored because you sensed it made no difference to them whether you adored them.””

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