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Don't think or judge, just listen.

Sarah Dessen

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Sarah Dessen
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: June 6
Novelist
Writer
Evanston
Illinois
Listen
Inspirational
Think
Thinking
Judge
Judging

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I wondered again why the right thing always seemed to be met with so much resistance, when you'd think it would be the easier path. You had to fight to be virtuous.
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I've always known who I am. I might not work perfectly, or be like them, but that's okay. I know I work in my own way.
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I didn't want to talk about what happened, so it seemed safest not to talk at all.
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And so we stood there in the kitchen, my mother and I, facing off over everything that had built up since June, when I was willing to hand myself over free and clear. Now I needed her to return it all to me, with the faith that I could make my own way.
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but you could also look at it the other way. Like you’re saying no matter how bad things are for you, I can still relate.
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Silence is so freaking loud
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I wondered if he ever thought of me, and hated the pang I felt when I told myself he didn't.
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But against love, the case was solid. Easily argued. And you could, indeed, hold it in your hand.
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Let's just start and see what happens.
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Shoulda, coulda, woulda. It's so easy in the past tense.
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Then I'd crawl back into bed, smelling her all around me, and tell myself that next time, I would lock that window. But I never did.
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