Peter Van Houten was the only person I’d ever come across who seemed t…

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Peter Van Houten was the only person I’d ever come across who seemed to (a) understand what it’s like to be dying, and (b) not have died. ✨ John Green (2008). An Abundance of Katherines, p.225, Penguin
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