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How many times had I let myself connect with someone only to have it thrown back in my face?

Jay Asher

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Jay Asher
Age: 49
Born: 1975
Born: September 30
Novelist
Writer
Arcadia
California
Many
Connect
Thrown
Face
Faces
Times
Someone
Back

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