I was struck by an awful thought, the kind that cannot be taken back o…

John Green
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I was struck by an awful thought, the kind that cannot be taken back once it escapes into the open air of consciousness; it seemed to me that this was not a place you go to live. It was a place you go to die. ✨ John Green (2013). Paper Towns, p.139, A&C Black
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I was struck by an awful thought, the kind that cannot be taken back once it escapes into the open air of consciousness; it seemed to me that this was not a place you go to live. It was a place you go to die. ✨ John Green (2013). Paper Towns, p.139, A&C Black

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