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You can't just make me different and then leave. You can't. You can't change me and make my whole life centered around you, then leave.
John Green
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John Green
Age: 47
Born: 1977
Born: August 24
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So why don't you go home for vacations?' I asked her. I'm just scared of ghosts, Pudge. And home is full of them.
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I didn’t need you, you idiot. I picked you. And then you picked me back.
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