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Life is precious, so i ought to spend my days, you know, making sandwiches for homeless people and tending to the elderly in hospice care. life is precious, so i should give everything away, except that i live in the world. and in the world, i actually have needs and wants, and i value my needs and wants. and i live in the world, and i can't just go make sandwiches every day because i also have to take kids to school. i also have to, you know, write books because that's my livelihood.
-Jonathan Safran Foer
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Life Is Precious, So I Ought To

Jonathan Safran Foer
Life is precious, so i ought to spend my days, you know, making sandwiches for homeless people and tending to the elderly in hospice care. life is precious, so i should give everything away, except that i live in the world. and in the world, i actually have needs and wants, and i value my needs and wants. and i live in the world, and i can't just go make sandwiches every day because i also have to take kids to school. i also have to, you know, write books because that's my livelihood.
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