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I like the strings. i always have. because that's how it feels. but the strings make pain seem more fatal than it is, i think. we're not as frail as the strings would make us believe. and i like the grass, too. the grass got me to you, helped me to imagine you as an actual person. but we're not different sprouts from the same plant. i can't be you. you can't be me. you can imagine another well – but never quite perfectly, you know?

-John Green

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I Like The Strings. I Always Have.

John Green

I like the strings. i always have. because that's how it feels. but the strings make pain seem more fatal than it is, i think. we're not as frail as the strings would make us believe. and i like the grass, too. the grass got me to you, helped me to imagine you as an actual person. but we're not different sprouts from the same plant. i can't be you. you can't be me. you can imagine another well – but never quite perfectly, you know?

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