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No relationship is perfect, ever. There are always some ways you have to bend, to compromise, to give something up in order to gain something greater.

Sarah Dessen

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Sarah Dessen
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: June 6
Novelist
Writer
Evanston
Illinois
Giving
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Bend
Something
Ways
Compromise
Way
Greater
Gain
Always
Perfect
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Love
Bigs
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Give
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