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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
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Arcadia
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