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I just thought to my self, all of a sudden, that we had something in common. A natural chemistry, if you will. And I had a feeling that something big was going to happen. To both of us. That we were, in fact, meant to be together.

Sarah Dessen

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Sarah Dessen
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: June 6
Novelist
Writer
Evanston
Illinois
Self
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Going
Bigs
Something
Natural
Chemistry
Feelings
Sudden
Facts
Meant
Happens
Happen
Thought
Feeling
Together
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