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I even tried to tell myself to live my best life today.
John Green
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John Green
Age: 47
Born: 1977
Born: August 24
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Does he have ugly hands? Sometimes beautiful people have ugly hands. No he has kind of amazing hands.
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But I was not in the band, because I suffer from the kind of tone deafness that is generally associated with actual deafness
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Colder by the hour, more dead with every breath.
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But I believe in true love, you know? I don't believe that everybody gets to keep their eyes or not get sick or whatever, but everybody should have true love, and it should last at least as long as your life does.
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Oh, my god, Augustus said. i can't believe i have a crush on a girl with such cliché wishes. i was thirteen, i said again, although of course i was only thinking crush crush crush crush crush. I was flattered but changed the subject immediately.
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I'm a grenade, I just want to stay away from people and read books, and think.
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People are supposed to care. It's good that people mean something to you, that you miss people when they're gone.
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That was part of her, and you used to know it. It's like now you only care about the Alaska you made up.
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No headboards were broken.
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What's that? The laundry basket? No, next to it. I don't see anything next to it. It's my last shred of dignity. It's very small.
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