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I took his wildness from him and tried to fold it into myself, filling up the empty spaces all those second place finishes left behind.

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Sarah Dessen
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: June 6
Novelist
Writer
Evanston
Illinois
Behinds
Wildness
Behind
Fold
Second
Folds
Space
Spaces
Left
Filling
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Empty
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