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Never would forever, with all its meanings, be so clear and distinct as in the true, guaranteed end of the world.

Sarah Dessen

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Sarah Dessen
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: June 6
Novelist
Writer
Evanston
Illinois
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World
Meanings
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Forever
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True
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