David Foster Wallace quote: For reasons that are not well understood, war's codes are safer for most of us than love's.

For reasons that are not well understood, war's codes are safer for most of us than love's.

~ David Foster Wallace ~

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For reasons that are not well understood, war's codes are safer for most of us than love's.

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