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“I think that’s what scares me: the randomness of everything. That the people who could be important to you might just pass you by. Or you pass them by.” quote by Peter Cameron — Download Open image

“I think that’s what scares me: the randomness of everything. That the people who could be important to you might just pass you by. Or you pass them by.”

Peter Cameron

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