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Don't think or judge, just listen.

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

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You should have seen your face, she said, her breath hot in my ear. Sa-woooon.
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