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Dan Chaon, Stay Awake Quotes: You want a child because it is a link in the bridge that you are building between the past and the future, a cantilever that holds you, so that you are not alone.
         

You want a child because it is a link in the bridge that you are building between the past and the future, a cantilever that holds you, so that you are not alone.


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You want a child because it is a link in the bridge that you are building between the past and the future, a cantilever that holds you, so that you are not alone.
         



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