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On Bill's love letters to Laurie
>"Bill unleashed the full force of his personality on Laurie. He wrote her long, ten-and-fifteen page love letters. Bill wasn't just smitten; this was the be-all and end-all."
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On Laurie breaking up with Bill
>"Gradually, Laurie was overwhelmed by Bill's intensity. He was professing his love and devotion all the time, and she loved him too, but it was kind of scary. Everything was 200 percent with him. He wanted to hold her hand all the time and kiss in front of people, which Laurie thought was embarrassing. [...] I'm only sixteen! she kept writing. At the end of their junior year, almost a year after they'd met, Laurie gently told him she wanted to be just friends. But he could barely stand to talk to her after that."
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On Bill's self-imposed isolation
>" Bill decided to spend the summer of 1979 reading in his bedroom. If you wanted to go visit him, there was one rule: don't bring anyone else. [...] 'It was freezing, just freezing,' Johndrow recalled. 'He had one these little gym shorts and this little white shirt too small for him. He was real pasty and thin."
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