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I'm trying to let him know what I'm about to do. I'm hoping he can save me, even though I realize he can't.

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Matthew Quick
Age: 51
Born: 1973
Born: October 23
Novelist
Writer
Camden
New Jersey
Hoping
Save
Realize
Realizing
Though
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Trying

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