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This time, for the first time, I saw the possibilities in giving up. I even found hope in it.

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Jay Asher
Age: 49
Born: 1975
Born: September 30
Novelist
Writer
Arcadia
California
Found
Firsts
First
Giving
Even
Possibilities
Time
Saws
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Hope

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