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Whenever something great happens, you’re always kind of poised for the universe to correct itself.

Sarah Dessen

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Sarah Dessen
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: June 6
Novelist
Writer
Evanston
Illinois
Universe
Happens
Great
Kind
Something
Always
Poised
Correct
Whenever

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