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That feeling of finishedness does not come all at once, and it is not easily won, but I think once you get there it is hard to go back.
John Green
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John Green
Age: 47
Born: 1977
Born: August 24
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So I let her go, too. And I'm sorry.
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He missed that, too, and it hadn't even happened.
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