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Bruno?
Yes?
Isn’t it good to be alive?
No thank you, I don’t want to buy anything.
I’m not trying to sell you anything! It’s Leo. Listen. I was sitting here drinking a coffee in Starbucks and suddenly it hit me.
Who hit you?
Ach, listen! It hit me how good it is to be alive. Alive! And I wanted to tell you. Do you understand what I’m saying? I’m saying life is a thing of beauty, Bruno. A thing of beauty and joy forever.
There was a pause.
Sure, whatever you say Leo. Life is a beauty.
And a joy forever, I said.
All right, Bruno said. And a joy.
I waited.
Forever.
I was about to hang up when Bruno said, Leo?
Yes?
Did you mean human life?
-Nicole Krauss, The History of Love, pg. 76-77
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