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I think of how and why and what happened and the thoughts come easily, but the answers don't.
James Frey
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James Frey
Age: 55
Born: 1969
Born: September 12
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Cleveland
Ohio
James Christopher Frey
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Sometimes I really want to believe in God. I really admire, in a lot of ways, people who have faith. I think it must be a beautiful thing to believe.
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I turn and I slowly walk away and I don't look back. It has always been a fault of mine, but it is the way I am. I never look back. Never.
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