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But his passion for book is real and contagious. We begin to talk seriously sometimes, after class, when the room has emptied. He asks me questions about my life, then quotes lines from Erich Fromm, Martin Buber, Erik Erikson. 

Often he defers to their words, footnooting his own advice, even though he obviously thought the same things himself. It is at these times that I realize he is indeed a professor, not an uncle. One afternoon, I am complaining about the confusion of my age, what is expected of me versus what I want for myself.

empty /ˈempti/

if a place empties, everyone leaves it

defer to /dɪˈfɜːr/

to agree to accept someone’s opinion because you have respect for that person

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