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Whenever I'm out late she makes a sandwich for my school lunch. I always protest and tell her not to, saying I'll make my own when I get home. But she likes it. She says it reminds her of when I was younger and needed her.

Jay Asher

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Jay Asher
Age: 49
Born: 1975
Born: September 30
Novelist
Writer
Arcadia
California
Always
Needed
Sandwiches
Says
Reminds
Saying
Protest
Tell
Lunch
Makes
Younger
School
Likes
Home
Whenever
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