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I fear oblivion. I fear it like the proverbial blind man who's afraid of the dark.
John Green
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John Green
Age: 47
Born: 1977
Born: August 24
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The book was turned to the page with Anne Frank's name, but what got me about it was the fact that right beneath her name there were four Aron Franks. FOUR. Four Aron Franks without museums, without historical markers, without anyone to mourn them. I silently resolved to remember and pray for the four Aron Franks as long as I was around.
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