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In Life We Sit At The Table And Refuse To Eat, And In Death We Are Eternally Hungry.
-Nicole Krauss
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In Life We Sit At The Table
Nicole Krauss
In Life We Sit At The Table And Refuse To Eat, And In Death We Are Eternally Hungry.
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