"Sometimes you know you've got a chance with a girl because she wants to fight with you. If the world wasn't so messed up, it wouldn't be like that. If...
He was a story at least, even if he never became anything else.
~ Nick Hornby ~
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He was a story at least, even if he never became anything else.
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