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You do not immortalize the lost by writing about them. Language buries, but does not resurrect.

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John Green
Age: 47
Born: 1977
Born: August 24
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Colder by the hour, more dead with every breath.
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He missed that, too, and it hadn't even happened.
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My love, I cannot tell you how thankful I am for our little infinity, ~ Hazel Lancaster.
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Did I help you to a fate you didn't want?
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One of the others shouted a translation: The beautiful couple is beautiful.
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