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That was the thing. You never got used to it, the idea of someone being gone. Just when you think it's reconciled, accepted, someone points it out to you, and it just hits you all over again, that shocking.
Sarah Dessen
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Sarah Dessen
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: June 6
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