Nothing really mattered that much, not the good things and not the bad…

John Green
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Nothing really mattered that much, not the good things and not the bad ones. We were in the business of mutual amusement, and we were reasonably prosperous. ✨ John Green (2013). Paper Towns, p.18, A&C Black
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Nothing really mattered that much, not the good things and not the bad ones. We were in the business of mutual amusement, and we were reasonably prosperous. ✨ John Green (2013). Paper Towns, p.18, A&C Black

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