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It was like that part of my life, was just gone. It was almost too easy, for something I once thought had meant everything.

Sarah Dessen

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Sarah Dessen
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: June 6
Novelist
Writer
Evanston
Illinois
Thought
Part
Everything
Something
Life
Meant
Like
Almost
Gone
Easy

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