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Just The Fact That You Get To Live And Breathe And Interact With The World - That's Pretty Marvelous.
-Junot Diaz
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Just The Fact That You Get To
Junot Diaz
Just The Fact That You Get To Live And Breathe And Interact With The World - That's Pretty Marvelous.
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