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But sometimes you lose. Nothing you can do but admit it. -Eli

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Sarah Dessen
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: June 6
Novelist
Writer
Evanston
Illinois
Admit
Lose
Loses
Nothing
Sometimes

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