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And no relationship is perfect, ever. There are always some ways you have to bend, to compromise, to give something up in order to gain something greater.

Sarah Dessen

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Sarah Dessen
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: June 6
Novelist
Writer
Evanston
Illinois
Always
Greater
Perfect
Order
Bend
Give
Compromise
Ever
Gain
Giving
Gains
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Relationship
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Ways

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