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Like a word on a page that you’ve printed and read a million times, that suddenly looks strange or wrong, foreign. And you feel scared for a second, like you’ve lost something, even if you’re not sure what it is.
Sarah Dessen
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Sarah Dessen
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: June 6
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