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I've always known who I am. I might not work perfectly, or be like them, but that's okay. I know I work in my own way.

Sarah Dessen

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Sarah Dessen
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: June 6
Novelist
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Evanston
Illinois
Perfectly
Okay
Known
Might
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