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Maybe marriage, like life, is'nt only about the big moments, whether they be good or bad. Maybe it's all the small things — like being guided slowly forward, surely, day after day — that stretches out to strengthen even the most tenuous bond.

Sarah Dessen

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Sarah Dessen
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: June 6
Novelist
Writer
Evanston
Illinois
Good
Forward
Things
Marriage
Tenuous
Life
Small
Stretches
Like
Maybe
Guided
Whether
Strengthen
Bigs
Bond
Moments
Slowly
Even
Surely

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