"There are only so many times that you……" — Jonathan Safran Foer
"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."
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526 Quotes by Jonathan Safran Foer
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