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What Some People Wanted Was Sometimes Too Hard To Get, And The Stress Of Trying Was Sometimes Too Hard To Deal With... Maybe Doing Well In Life Was Just Too Hard For Some People.

-Walter Dean Myers

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What Some People Wanted Was Sometimes Too

Walter Dean Myers

What Some People Wanted Was Sometimes Too Hard To Get, And The Stress Of Trying Was Sometimes Too Hard To Deal With... Maybe Doing Well In Life Was Just Too Hard For Some People.

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