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This was always the problem with my mother and me, I suddenly realized. There were so many things we thought we agreed on, but anythign can have two meanings. Like sides of a coin, it just matters how it falls.
Sarah Dessen
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Sarah Dessen
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: June 6
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