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It's just that I learned a while ago that the best way to get people to like you is not to like them too much.
John Green
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John Green
Age: 47
Born: 1977
Born: August 24
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I'll just go over to the Duke's, I said. Her parents already told me I could stay there. I'll go over there and open all my presents, and talk about how my parents neglect me, and then maybe the Duke will give me some of her presents because she feels so bad about how my mom doesn't love me.
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We fell. We got up. We ran.
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depression is not a side effect of cancer. Depression is a side effect of dying.
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There's your labyrinth of suffering. We are all going. Find your way out of that maze.
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All salvation is temporary
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I figured something out, he said aloud. The future is unpredictable. Hassan said, Sometimes the kafir likes to say massively obvious things in a really profound voice.
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That's who you really like. The people you can think out loud in front of.
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