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Yes, it feels great to plan your life when you believe everything can turn out fine. But what about when you're shown, again and again, how little control you have over anything? No matter what I do to try to fix my future, it doesn't work.

Jay Asher

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Jay Asher
Age: 49
Born: 1975
Born: September 30
Novelist
Writer
Arcadia
California
Everything
Turn
Matter
Control
Feels
Turns
Great
Future
Trying
Doesn
Shown
Work
Littles
Plan
Believe
Anything
Plans
Life
Little
Fine

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