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I was thinking about the universe wanting to be noticed, and how i had to notice it as best i could. i felt that i owed a debt to the universe that only my attention could repay, and also that i owed a debt to everybody who didn’t get to be a person anymore and everyone who hadn’t gotten to be a person yet.
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I Was Thinking About The Universe Wanting

John Green
I was thinking about the universe wanting to be noticed, and how i had to notice it as best i could. i felt that i owed a debt to the universe that only my attention could repay, and also that i owed a debt to everybody who didn’t get to be a person anymore and everyone who hadn’t gotten to be a person yet.
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