I think maybe the reason I have spent most of my life being afraid is …

John Green
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I think maybe the reason I have spent most of my life being afraid is that I have been trying to prepare myself to train my body for real fear when it comes. But I am not prepared. ✨ John Green (2013). Paper Towns, p.141, A&C Black
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I think maybe the reason I have spent most of my life being afraid is that I have been trying to prepare myself to train my body for real fear when it comes. But I am not prepared. ✨ John Green (2013). Paper Towns, p.141, A&C Black

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