I was blind and heart broken and didn't want to do anything and Gus bu…

John Green
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I was blind and heart broken and didn't want to do anything and Gus burst into my room and shouted, I have wonderful news! And I was like, I don't really want to hear wonderful news right now, and Gus said, This is wonderful news you want to hear, and I asked him, Fine, what is it? and he said, You are going to live a good and long life filled with great and terrible moments that you cannot even imagine yet!
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