Jonathan Franzen quote

The radical otherness of birds is integral to their beauty and their value. They are always among us but never of us. Their indifference to us ought to serve as a chastening reminder that we're not the measure of all things.
Jonathan Franzen
Jonathan Franzen
Jonathan Franzen
Born: Aug 17, 1959

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Value, Beauty, Radical, Birds, Ought, All Things, Indifference, Never, Reminder, Always, Integral, Us, Measure, Serve, Among, Things

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