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She was not an adventure, she was not a fine and precious thing. She was a girl.
John Green
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John Green
Age: 47
Born: 1977
Born: August 24
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I finally found something that can stop the fox. The fox cannot summit Strawberry Hill.” - Takumi
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I am in the midst of a soliloquy! I wrote this out and memorized it and if you interrupt me I will completely screw it up,' Augustus interrupted. 'Please to be eating your sandwich and listening.
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...it occurred to me that the voracious ambition of humans is never sated by dreams coming true, because there is always the thought that everything might be done better and again.
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