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Family isn’t something that’s supposed to be static, or set. People marry in, divorce out. They’re born, they die. It’s always evolving, turning into something else.

Sarah Dessen

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Sarah Dessen
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: June 6
Novelist
Writer
Evanston
Illinois
People
Turning
Supposed
Dies
Family
Evolving
Born
Static
Else
Marry
Something
Divorce
Always
Evolve

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