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Profound, bottomless self-doubt - it has no value - what's the point? in a way, it takes up as much time as anything else.
-Jonathan Safran Foer
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Profound, Bottomless Self-doubt - It Has No

Jonathan Safran Foer
Profound, bottomless self-doubt - it has no value - what's the point? in a way, it takes up as much time as anything else.
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