Etgar Keret Quotes

I think that before my son was born, I didn't have a strong sensation for future. I was living in this kind of never-ending present.

Etgar Keret

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• I think that before my son was born, I didn't have a strong sensation for future. I was living in this kind of never-ending present.

  

  Etgar Keret
  • Strong
  • Kind
  • Son