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But all I could think of was how when nothing made sense and hadn't for ages, you just have to grab onto anything you feel sure of.

Sarah Dessen

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Sarah Dessen
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: June 6
Novelist
Writer
Evanston
Illinois
Nothing
Grab
Feel
Ages
Feels
Hadn
Made
Onto
Think
Sure
Thinking
Age
Sense
Anything

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