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Sometimes we have thoughts that even we don't understand. Thoughts that aren't even true—that aren't really how we feel—but they're running through our heads anyway because they're interesting to think about.

Jay Asher

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Jay Asher
Age: 49
Born: 1975
Born: September 30
Novelist
Writer
Arcadia
California
Thinking
Running
True
Feel
Heads
Sometimes
Anyway
Feels
Aren
Even
Thoughts
Really
Interesting
Think
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