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It was so easy to disown what you couldn't recognize, to keep yourself apart from things that were foreign and unsettling. The only person you can be sure to control, always, is yourself. Which is a lot to be sure of, but at the same time, not enough.

Sarah Dessen

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Sarah Dessen
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: June 6
Novelist
Writer
Evanston
Illinois
Persons
Foreign
Person
Apart
Enough
Recognize
Always
Couldn
Things
Control
Time
Sure
Easy
Disown
Keep
Unsettling

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