But as for me: I must ask the wounded man where he is hurt, because I …

John Green
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But as for me: I must ask the wounded man where he is hurt, because I cannot become the wounded man. The only wounded man I can be is me. ✨ John Green (2010). Paper Towns, p.201, Bloomsbury Publishing
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