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Nothing is really broke, so it's not like I can fix it. I just have to keep trying to find what I'm looking for.

Sarah Addison Allen

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Sarah Addison Allen
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: March 30
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Asheville
North Carolina
Katie Gallagher
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To think, after all this time, after all the searching and all the waiting, after all the regret and the time she'd spent away, she came back to find that happiness was right where she's left it. On a football field in Mullaby, North Carolina. Waiting for her.
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No one should ever compromise the dignity of another human being.
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Magic is what we invent when we want something we think we cant have.
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Her friendship . . . still existed, as if it was a living, breathing thing, something that came to life the moment it happened and didn't just go away because they no longer acknowledged it.
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Because he knew the best way to get what he wanted was to break down what made us strongest. And our friendships were what made us strong.
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He used to believe good things happened in this kind of weather.
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When someone needs help, you help. Right?
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We have history, you and I. You just don’t know it yet.
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