“There are two kinds of people, those who like to sleep next to the wall, and those who like to sleep next to the people who push them off the bed.”

—  Etgar Keret

Source: The Bus Driver Who Wanted to be God & Other Stories

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Israeli and polish writer and screenwriter 1967

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