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There comes a time when the world gets quiet and the only thing left is your own heart. So you'd better learn the sound of it. Otherwise you'll never understand what it's saying.

Sarah Dessen

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Sarah Dessen
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: June 6
Novelist
Writer
Evanston
Illinois
Love
Comes
World
Inspirational
Otherwise
Left
Quiet
Better
Gets
Heart
Saying
Thing
Sound
Never
Learn
Time
Understand

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