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What you have to decide... is how you want your life to be. If your forever was ending tomorrow, would this be how you'd want to have spent it? Listen, the truth is, nothing is guaranteed. You know that more than anybody. So dont be afraid. Be alive.

Sarah Dessen

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Sarah Dessen
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: June 6
Novelist
Writer
Evanston
Illinois
Nothing
Anybody
Would
Afraid
Life
Listen
Tomorrow
Guaranteed
Alive
Dont
Forever
Ending
Enjoy
Decide
Truth
Spent

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