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This was just one night, one chance to vary and see where it took me. The fireflies were probably already out: maybe it wasn’t just a season or a time but a whole world I’d forgotten. I’d never know until I stepped out into it. So I did.

Sarah Dessen

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Sarah Dessen
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: June 6
Novelist
Writer
Evanston
Illinois
World
Wasn
Firefly
Probably
Stepped
Maybe
Vary
Chance
Season
Night
Seasons
Whole
Forgotten
Never
Took
Time
Already
Fireflies

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