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I hate not knowing what to believe anymore. I hate not knowing what's real.

Jay Asher

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Jay Asher
Age: 49
Born: 1975
Born: September 30
Novelist
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Arcadia
California
Anymore
Knowing
Hate
Real
Believe

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