I thought of the one thing about home that I missed, my dad's study with its built-in, floor-to-ceiling shelves sagging — John Green, Looking for Alaska
I thought of the one thing about home that I missed, my dad's study with its built-in, floor-to-ceiling shelves sagging — John Green, Looking for Alaska
I thought of the one thing about home that I missed, my dad's study with its built-in, floor-to-ceiling shelves sagging — John Green, Looking for Alaska
I thought of the one thing about home that I missed, my dad's study with its built-in, floor-to-ceiling shelves sagging — John Green, Looking for Alaska
I thought of the one thing about home that I missed, my dad's study with its built-in, floor-to-ceiling shelves sagging — John Green, Looking for Alaska
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I thought of the one thing about home that I missed, my dad's study with its built-in, floor-to-ceiling shelves sagging with thick biographies and the black leather chair that kept me just uncomfortable enough to keep from feeling sleepy as I read.

— John Green, Looking for Alaska
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