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All you could do was take on as much weight as you can bear. And if you're lucky, there's someone close enough by to shoulder the rest.

Sarah Dessen

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Sarah Dessen
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: June 6
Novelist
Writer
Evanston
Illinois
Much
Bears
Weight
Close
Lucky
Rest
Someone
Shoulder
Take
Shoulders
Enough
Bear

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