Elif Batuman Quotes
I grew up thinking that it was immoral to idealize the past because, in the past, there was slavery and no penicillin.
Elif Batuman
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I grew up thinking that it was immoral to idealize the past because, in the past, there was slavery and no penicillin.
Elif Batuman
