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He just stood there, looking at me, as if I had actually changed before his eyes. But this was the girl I'd been all along. I'd just hidden her well.

Sarah Dessen

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Sarah Dessen
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: June 6
Novelist
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Evanston
Illinois
Girl
Boys
Wells
Changed
Well
Eyes
Guy
Looking
Stood
Clear
Hidden
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