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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
Understand
Time
Comes
Love
Inspirational
Otherwise
World
Left
Quiet
Better
Gets
Heart
Saying
Sound
Thing
Learn
Never

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