I preferred to hang out with the dead, dying, or desperate books

David Levithan
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I preferred to hang out with the dead, dying, or desperate books - used we call them, in a way that we'd never call a person, unless we meant it cruelly ✨ Rachel Cohn, David Levithan (2010). Dash & Lily's Book of Dares, p.11, Knopf Books for Young Readers
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I preferred to hang out with the dead, dying, or desperate books - used we call them, in a way that we'd never call a person, unless we meant it cruelly ✨ Rachel Cohn, David Levithan (2010). Dash & Lily's Book of Dares, p.11, Knopf Books for Young Readers

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