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Do not throw away your heart. keep your heart. your heart is all that matters ... throw away your ancestors! ... throw away your shyness and the anger that lies just a few inches beneath ... accept the truth! and if there is more than one truth, then learn to do the difficult work -- learn to choose. you are good enough, you are human enough, to choose!
-Gary Shteyngart
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Do Not Throw Away Your Heart. Keep

Gary Shteyngart
Do not throw away your heart. keep your heart. your heart is all that matters ... throw away your ancestors! ... throw away your shyness and the anger that lies just a few inches beneath ... accept the truth! and if there is more than one truth, then learn to do the difficult work -- learn to choose. you are good enough, you are human enough, to choose!
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