Every parent who loses a child finds a way to laugh again. … - Jonathan Safran Foer

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Every parent who loses a child finds a way to laugh again. The timbre begins to fade. The edge dulls. The hurt lessens. Every love is carved from loss. Mine was. Yours is. Your great-great-great-children's will be. But we learn to live with that love.

Jonathan Safran Foer

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Jonathan Safran Foer (born February 21, 1977) is an American fiction writer.

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