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It's not life or death, the labyrinth. Suffering. Doing wrong and having wrong things happen to you.
John Green
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John Green
Age: 47
Born: 1977
Born: August 24
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I didn’t need you, you idiot. I picked you. And then you picked me back.
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At least for tonight. In sickness and in health. In good times and in bad. For richer, for poorer. 'Till dawn do us part.
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